This is my first time here and I'd appreciate a little help with ID of butterflies. My first love is bird photography but I can't walk past any beautiful butterfly or dragonfly without wanting to capture the image and then identify it.
All shots were taken in the coastal tourist area of the Gambia in December last year.
Number 1 was pointed out by my local guide as a Diadem, but a butterfly guide book showed many with that name and in the short time I could look at it none in the book seemed to match this beauty.
Number 2 was shot another day - is it the same as 1 or different?
Number 3 is similarly unidentified
If anyone can help with naming these creatures I'll be very grateful and would happily offer higher quality images to the database if that would be helpful.
Best wishes,
David
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