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Smyrna blomfildia
Would not open wings, I saw dark, yellow band, dark, yellow band and then lots of orange and a detail at end of bottom wings, (2nd picture,bad picture but it might help with and ID))
No problem...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotro...
Unfortunately then the problems begin... You need the genus for a search...
Thank you so much for the ID, martinl and bayucca.
I would love to find a place in the internet that show pictures of both sides of the Butterflies, tell you the scientific name and tell you what places, countries, they come from and common names in simple terms for curious people like me....I know, I know... I am "dreaming" : (
It is just Blomfild's Beauty. The other name is also possible, but in Costa Rica it is known as Blomfild's Beauty. Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae, Coeini (Beauties):
http://www.neotropicalbutterflies.com/Si...
Thank you so much bayucca, You are my "hero" I sometimes do not want to name my spottings because the names are so inadequate for my territory. I refuse to name a butterfly a mexican-something when I found it in Costa Rica and it is not a butterfly that travels?!
So do you know the correct name for this Butterfly: Blomfild's Bark Wing, sounds so foreign for Costa Rica??!!
Butterflies have always the same scientific latin name all over the world. But there are different common name depending on the location and language. Now it's getting tricky. The subspecies and species name (the second one) is usually not changed but the genus and family name might be changed by taxonomists, compared to the original name which might be quite old. Actually everyday some of the names are changing, there are whole groups under renaming based on newer examinations with mostly DNA barcoding. Vanessa cardui, probably the most common and widespread butterfly on the globe is in South America replaced by Vanessa carye which is based on these examinations a different species, but looks the same. Another reason are natural barriers (like in Vanessa) for example oceans (endemic species on certain islands), mountains or valleys, which might produce different species/subspecies with different names, but within the same species and subspecies the scientific name remains the same. And do not forget the synonyms, that are different scientific names for the same species and it is often not easy to find out the correct and updated or actual name. So sometimes it is quite confusing with all these names, I agree... ;-)
Do Butterflies have the same names worldwide or do they have other names depending of what place they are found?
Thank you, Leana Lahom-Cristobal, hoping for an ID.
Spotted on Jan 22, 2013
Submitted on Jan 31, 2013
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