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Butterfly

Habitat:

Lima, Peru

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Painted Lady (South America)
Vanessa carye Vanessa carye


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1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

That was a very interesting one and to my shame I must admit that is one of the trickiest one I IDed. Although it is probably the most common butterfly around the whole world there are so many species and subspecies. Obviously Carye is Vanessa cardui in South America
http://www.oocities.org/riberan/Fauna/In...
http://www.argentinean-insects.com/nymph...
http://www.insectos.cl/gallery/displayim...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramonreyesc...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsg_db/3662...

JackAllin
Spotted by
JackAllin

Miraflores, Callao, Peru

Spotted on Nov 8, 2011
Submitted on Jan 3, 2012

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