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Polymnia Tigerwing Butterfly

Mechanitis polymnia lycidice

5 Comments

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

Sorry. I am pretty awful with some id'ing for arthropods.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

There might be some overlapping with the geographical ranges, which is quite common in Central America. Obviously you deleted #3, so can't check it again.

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

Thanks again for more id help! I'm not sure the third one is Dircenna olyras relata, because the info for it says its only native to Nicaragua and south - the third butterfly was also seen in Honduras.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

#3 is a Dircenna sp., Dircenna olyras relata, female.
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

#1 and #2 are Mechanitis polymnia lycidice, #3 is a different one!

Chris Carille
Spotted by
Chris Carille

Santa Rosa de Copan, Copán, Honduras

Spotted on Aug 25, 2009
Submitted on Aug 25, 2011

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