Thanks to Ezequiel Nuñez-Bustos for assistance with butterfly identification.
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Special thanks to Ulf Drechsel for permission to use images from his site www.pybio.org.
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Gallery 1 Aphrissa and Eurema
FIGURE 1a - Bicoloured Sulphur Aphrissa statira male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 1b - Bicoloured Sulphur Aphrissa statira female fresh - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 1c - Ghost Yellow Eurema albula - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 1d - Deva Yellow Eurema deva - Feria Municipal, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007)
FIGURE 1e - Painted Lemon Eurema elathea male - Feria Municipal, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith upper April 2007, lower April 2009).
FIGURE 1f - Painted Lemon Eurema elathea female - Feria Municipal, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
SUBFAMILY COLIADINAE - SULPHURS
Predominately yellow (or occasionally white) butterflies that show sexual dimorphism. They are frequently abundant, often flock and many species show considerable individual variation, especially in the ventral patternation.
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Gallery 3 Phoebis
FIGURE 3a - Tailed Sulphur Phoebis neocypris male - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 3b - Tailed Sulphur Phoebis neocypris male variant - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3c - Tailed Sulphur Phoebis neocypris female - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 3d - Tailed Sulphur Phoebis neocypris female variant - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 3e - Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea male - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3f - Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea female - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3g - Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae male - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 3h - Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae male with different underwing pattern - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3i - Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae female - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
Gallery 2 Phoebis argante and Melete lycimnia
Phoebis argante is an extremely variable species (especially female) and several variants are shown here.
FIGURE 2a - Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante male - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 2b - Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante variant male with underwing spots - Feria Municipal, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 2c - Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante female - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 2d - Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante female with bold underwing markings - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 2e - Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante worn variant female with more extensive darker wing markings - Feria Municipal, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 2f -  Melete lycimnia - location unknown (Ulf Drechsel www.pybio.org)
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Gallery 4 Pyritisia, Rhabdodryas and Anteos
FIGURE 4a - Leuce Yellow Pyritisia leuce - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith upper May 2007, lower May 2009).
FIGURE 4b - Mimosa Yellow Pyrisitia nise - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 4c - Mimosa Yellow Pyrisitia nise underwing variations - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith upper July 2007 lower April 2007).
FIGURE 4d - Mimosa Yellow Pyrisitia nise tenella female - Estancia Kanguery, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
FIGURE 4e - Straight-lined Sulphur Rhabdodryas (=Phoebis) trite male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 4f - Straight-lined Sulphur Rhabdodryas (=Phoebis) trite female fresh - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 4g - Straight-lined Sulphur Rhabdodryas (=Phoebis) trite female worn - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 4h - White Angled Sulphur Anteos clorinde - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2009).
FIGURE 4i - Anteos menippe - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
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