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Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, José Luis Cartes, Rebecca Zarza and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
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Gallery 1 - Tribe Morphini - Morphos
FIGURE 1a - Blue Silk Morpho Morpho agea male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Jeni Oborn and inset Sylvia Qu May 2008  - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 1b - Helen´s Morpho Morpho helenor - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 1c - Helen´s Morpho Morpho helenor showing variation in the number of spots on the ventral forewing- Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
MORPHINAE - MORPHOS AND OWL BUTTERFLIES
Perhaps the most famous of all Neotropical butterflies are the Morphos (Tribe Morphini), huge, electric blue creatures with a characteristic lolloping flight (Gallery 1). Owl Butterflies (Tribe Brassolini) are large and dramatic species. Butterflies in this group (Gallery 2) are somewhat crepuscular, and their cryptic underwing pattern and erratic flight style mean that they are often mistaken for moths.
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Gallery 2 - Tribe Brasolini
FIGURE 2a - Fox Brassolis sophorae vulpecula atypical individual lacking clear dark Y-marks on forewing - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 2b - Giant Owl Caligo ilioneus - IBIS Collection, University of Pilar, Departamento Ñeembucú (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 2c - Giant Owl Caligo ilioneus - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
FIGURE 2d - Giant Owl Caligo ilioneus female egg-laying - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith December 2004).
FIGURE 2e - Darius Dynastor darius - IBIS Collection, University of Pilar, Departamento Ñeembucú (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 2f - Blue Shadow Eryphanis reevesii male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2g - Blue Shadow Eryphanis reevesii female - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 2h - Blue Shadow Eryphanis reevesii pupa - Pilar, Departamento Ñeembucú (Paul Smith December 2007).
FIGURE 2i - Narope cyllastros - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Laura Tensen March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2j - Lowland Owlet Opsiphanes invirae amplificatus male - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
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