Page 1 of 1
Butterfly in Costa Rica
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:02 pm
by DavidD
I will be grateful for any help identifying this butterfly. I saw it in February near Tarcoles in western Costa Rica.
Thanks for your help.
Re: Butterfly in Costa Rica
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:20 pm
by Pete Eeles
Hi David,
This looks like a local subspecies (it's quite pale) of the White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: Butterfly in Costa Rica
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:50 pm
by bugboy
Yup, thats a White Peacock
Anartia jatrophe, saw them myself there in 2005, this is the upperside (not the best picture in the world but good enough to ID)
Re: Butterfly in Costa Rica
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:25 pm
by DavidD
Thank you both. It was so pale I could not convince myself it was a White Peacock. I have photos of others where the marking are much more convincing.
David