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10 to 20 amazing photos: rainforest butterflies


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Iguaze Butterflies; Brazil

Blue and green butterfly
Blue and green butterfly

(Gabon)


Black; orange; and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf


Black; blue; and orange butterfly in Colombia


Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy


Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)


Red; black; and white butterfly


White a dark red-stripped butterfly


Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia

Yellow-; green-; and orange-spotted butterfly in leaf litter (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Yellow-; green-; and orange-spotted butterfly in leaf litter

(Indonesia)


Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest

Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank
Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank

(Peru)

Lycorea halia butterfly
Lycorea halia butterfly

(Peru)

Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf
Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf

(Peru)

Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown)
Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown)

(Peru)

Lasaia agesilas butterfly
Lasaia agesilas butterfly

(Peru)



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