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Butterfly

Habitat:

Lima, Peru




1 species ID suggestions

Painted Lady (South America)
Vanessa carye Vanessa carye

1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca a year 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...

Callao, Lima, Peru

Lat: -12.13, Long: -77.03

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

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