2014 Peru Butterfly Tour

    Another amazing butterfly trip, this time to Southeast and Central Peru from 10/20-11/21, 2014. The trip was organized by Kim Garwood, expert and author of numerous publications on Neotropical Butterflies, and arranged with David Geale, another expert on neotropical butterflies through his bird and butterfly tour company, Tanager Tours. Along for the ride were several other old and new friends, all of whom were great fun and rather good butterfliers and photographers. The first part of the trip was to Southeast Peru, working our way from Cusco down the Manu Road, with several days in Ollantaytambo and the Abra Malaga Pass, and then Cock-of-the Rock Lodge, and Villa Carmen and Wayqecha Biological Stations. For the second part of the trip to Central Peru, we drove from Lima over 4800m Ticlio Pass to spend several days in Oxampampa, Pozuzo, Satipo, and Pampa Hermosa. More trip details can be found on my Natural Moments blog.

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Morpho aurora

    With a full month of taking pictures all day long, it was no surprise to arrive back home with more than 3500 pictures, which I've managed to winnow down considerably. All were taken with a Nikon D7100 and either my 70-300mm or 105mm macro lens.

    This overview page has pictures of things other than butterflies from the trip, including some spectacular birds and other cool insects, while the remainder of the pages have pictures of some of the estimated 700+ species of butterflies organized by family. I am indebted to Kim and Dave, along with several other experts for their help in identification. As always, there are bound to be mistakes in some of the identifications shown here and corrections would be greatly appreciated.


Trip
Overview
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Papilionidae
(Swallowtails)
Pieridae
(Whites &Yellows)
Lycaenidae
(Hairstreaks)
Riodinidae
(Metalmarks)
Nymphalidae
(Brushfoots)
Hesperiidae
(Skippers)

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People

Sheepherders

Kid

Native Dress

Kid

Andean Lady



Pampa Hermosa Lady

Kim w/Jim and Chris

Rebecca

Dave and Joe

Steve at Ticlio Pass

Scenery

Ollantaytambo

Grazing

Cusco

Pre-Inca Burial Site

Abra Malaga

Andean Valley

Winding Road

Wayqecha

Ticlio Pass

Landslide

Landslide

Manu Waterfall

Andean Roof Bulls

Oxapampa

Pozuzo

Pampa Hermosa

Pozuzo Waterfall

Wayqecha Clouds

Odonates







Grasshoppers and Katydids












Other Insects
















Butterfly Puddle Parties

Adelpha alala

Puddle party

Puddle party

Perisama puddle party

Jemadia hewitsonii albescens &
Yanguna cometes staudingeri

Heliconian party

Caterpillars





Moths












Birds

Black-throated Flowerpiercer

Band-tailed Seedeater

Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant

Great Thrush

Cinnamon Flycatcher

Cinnamon Flycatcher

Cock-of-the-Rock

Cock-of-the-Rock

Band-tailed Pigeon

Torrent Tyrannulet

Amazonian Umbrellabird

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Golden Tanager

Hoatzin

Hoatzin

House Wren

Bearded Mountaineer

Bearded Mountaineer

Bearded Mountaineer

Great Sapphirewing

Shining Sunbeam

Shining Sunbeam

Giant Hummingbird

Giant Hummingbird

White-bellied Hummingbird

White-bellied Hummingbird

White-bellied Hummingbird

White-bellied Hummingbird

Sparkling Violetear

Wire-crested Thorntail

White-bellied Woodstar

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Andean Motmot

Andean Motmot

Blue-headed Trogon

Blue-headed Trogon

Blue-fronted Jacamar

White-eyed Parakeet

White-eyed Parakeet

Russet-backed Oropendola

Silver-beaked Tanager

Paradise Tanager

Paradise Tanager

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Bronzy Inca

Inca Jay

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

Other Critters

Deer

Frog

Kitten

Lizard

Llama

Llama

Pig

Pig

Sheep

Snail

Turtle

Rooster

Rooster

Plants

Toadstool

Fern

Heliconia

Orchid

Orchid

orchid

Passionflower

Passionflower

Succulent

Orchid

Ochid

Fungus

Trip
Overview
Papilionidae
(Swallowtails)
Pieridae
(Whites &Yellows)
Lycaenidae
(Hairstreaks)
Riodinidae
(Metalmarks)
Nymphalidae
(Brushfoots)
Hesperiidae
(Skippers)

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