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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.

Hi David,

This looks like a local subspecies (it's quite pale) of the White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae.

Cheers,

- Pete

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)

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