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Photographs on this page were taken by Paul Smith, Laura Tensen, Andres Contreras, Jeni Oborn and Sylvia Qu 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 & 3) 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 - Brassolis, Caligo, Catoblepia and Dynastor
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 - Catoblepia berecynthia - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 2f - Darius Dynastor darius - IBIS Collection, University of Pilar, Departamento Ñeembucú (Paul Smith September 2007).
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Gallery 3 - Tribe Brasolini - Eryphanis, Narope, Opisphanes and Selenophanes
FIGURE 3a - Blue Shadow Eryphanis reevesii male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3b - Blue Shadow Eryphanis reevesii female - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3c - Blue Shadow Eryphanis reevesii pupa - Pilar, Departamento Ñeembucú (Paul Smith December 2007).
FIGURE 3d - Narope cyllastros - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Laura Tensen March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3e - Narope cyllastros - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 3f - Narope panniculus - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Andres Contreras August 2008).
FIGURE 3g - Lowland Owlet Opsiphanes invirae amplificatus male - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3h - Selenophanes cassiope - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).