Seaforde Butterfly house pics

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:05 pm

Just been to seaforde butterfly house and saw some cool butterflies. Can anyone ID these?:

I was also given 18 dead butterflies including:

Owl Butterflies (4)
Great Orage Tip (1 Male and 2 Female)
1 Tattered blue triangle (Common Bluebottle)
5 Rose swallowtail
3 Citrus Swallowtail
2 Tree Nymphs
1 Female Atlas Moth

Also saw the courtship of the Tree Nymph. The female sits down (on a leaf) and male flies over her (think sprays pheramones) and does this for a while and then it takes place.

Good day. got over 75 pics and videos for my website. It was really hot in there, but it was a good trip.

Got pic of:

Leafwing Butterfly
Mating pair of Common Morpho
Owl Butterfly and eggs
Atlas Moth
Peacock pansy Butterfly
Tree Nymph
Common Morpho (No upperside, too hard to get)
Some more...

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:59 pm

Need a bit of help. Anyone know what the best tropical butterfly book to buy is for this?

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:34 pm

Relpying to myself:

Top two pics I found out:

Top one: Male Orange-Banded Shoemaker
Middle one: Female Orange-Banded Shoemaker

I thought they were two different species. Bottom one still needs ID'd

Anyone know a good website for pics of many tropical species so i can find out what they are?

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Fri May 11, 2007 5:53 am

Hi Dave, just a guess on the bottom one, Red Rim (Biblis hyperia)?

Cheers Gruditch

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Fri May 11, 2007 11:50 am

Yes it is. Thanks a lot.

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Sun May 13, 2007 11:27 pm

Here are some more:

"Black form" of Rose Swallowtail:

Citrus Swallowtail: