Cerro Montezuma, Tatama National Park, Risaralda, Colombia

Photo taken in Villa Carmen, Pillcopata, Peru.

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2023/09/18

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Fountainea mobilis"

Photo taken at Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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2024/01/16

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Photo taken at Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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2024/01/16

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Anse Mamin Plantation, St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles

A rather close shot of a butterfly known as the autumn leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide) and also known as the leafwing.

With the wings folded up it really look like a dead leaf, but for me, this one, which I fould at the Haga Ocean Butterfly House, just wanted to sit with the wings open like this.

I have another shot of this butterfly, taken with a wide angle macro lens here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52158294196/ and a BTS shot showing how ridiculously close you need to get wit that lens here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52158533169/

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A butterfly photographed in the woods of Estância Vitória. I would aprecciate some help with the ID.

Pantanal - Mato Grosso - Brasil

Marbled/Silver-studded Leafwing

Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 LD (IF) Macro

Tatama National Park, Risaralda, Colombia

Butterfly - Mayan Riviera

Tatama National Park, Risaralda, Colombia

Looking kind of cute in its little sleeping bag, this silver-studded leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra) was in the process of getting out of the chrysalis where it had completed its metamophosis from a caterpillar.

There was some heavy flailing to get out of it, but I managed to get a couple of sharp shots while it was resting between the attempts.

This is also a good photo if you want to see the way the butterfly's probocis (the rolled up tube they use for feeding) looks before it is "zipped up" as it is actually made up of two halves.

For a photo of this species once the wings have opened and hardened, please have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52619420885/

Spring Lake, Meadows Center; Texas State University, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas

Goatweed leafwing, Anaea andria, which normally perches with wings closed and looks like a dead leaf. Every once in a while one of them will open its wings in the sun and reveal a bright orange upper wing surface. This is in Searight Park in Austin, Texas, and the butterfly is perched on limestone rock beside Slaughter creek.

A taste of Spring! Check out the butterflies puddling along the wildflower boardwalk at Pigeon Mountain on Monday. We saw dozens of Tiger swallowtails while driving up there (Pigeon Mtn is in the NW corner of Georgia). In this shot:

>> Tiger swallowtail

>> Spicebush swallowtail (foty)

>> Spring azure (foty)

>> duskywings - more than one species but most are Juvenal's

>> that tiny B&W moth is a Mournful thyrus (Thyris sepulchralis)

We also saw:

>> West Virginia whites - (foty)

>> Giant swallowtails (foty) - 2

>> Goatweed leafwing - only the 2nd I've ever seen and both were here!

>> Silver-spotted skippers (foty)

>> QM/Commas

>> eastern-tailed blues

>> Pearl crescents

>> no Falcate orangetips

Rare wildflowers were stunning & I'll post about dragonflies tomorrow.

Female Moruus Leafwing

Spring Lake, The Meadows Center, Texas State University, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas

Caldas, Colombia

This Cindy's Leafwing, Fountainea nessus, was perched near a bamboo thicket along a river.

October 9, 2025. Manu Road, Peru.

Here is another butterfly with wings that glow, even when in the shadow. It was hiding in the undergrowth out of direct light but the wings still had this amazing colouration.

I'm having a bit of a problem identifying the exact species, but at the moment I'm thinking it is a shaded-blue leafwing (Prepona laertes).

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52947881275/

Photo taken around Surucua Reserve, Misiones, Argentina

2020/02/03

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A rather close shot of a butterfly known as the autumn leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide) and also known as the leafwing.

With the wings folded up it really look like a dead leaf, but for me, this one, which I fould at the Haga Ocean Butterfly House, just wanted to sit with the wings open like this.

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52267324873/

I have another shot of this butterfly, taken with a wide angle macro lens here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52158294196/ and a BTS shot showing how ridiculously close you need to get wit that lens here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52158533169/

The Silver-studded Leafwing Butterfly, also called the Marbled or Jazzy Leafwing, is one of several butterflies that camouflage themselves by closing their wings and mimicking a dead leaf.

Seen in Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World.

Thank you for all your comments and visits

© Ralph Stewart 2017

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Tatama National Park, Risaralda, Colombia

Marbled/Silver-studded Leafwing

Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 LD (IF) Macro

This large, beautifully marked Orion Cecropian, was perched on a stone along a gravel road.

For information on this species also known as the Stinky Leafwing:

www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Historis%20odi...

October 24, 2015. near Banos, Tungurahua, Ecuador.

This one from the Haga Ocean butterfly house was a hider. It's a silver-studded leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra) and it had chosen a leaf in the shadows and with itself being quite subdued in colours, it made for a rather dark scene.

Unfortunately, while I normally shoot with the camera on a tripod with a wired shutter, this one was too high up so it had to be handheld at 1/90s and some messing in Photoshop to end up like this.

I followed him around for a few minutes and got the open wing shot. Thrilled to discover it was a male with that brilliant solid color.

Male Goatweed Leafwing Butterfly (Anaea andria)

White Rock Lake, Dallas

My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com

Marshall's Pen / Jamaica

I took this butterfly image at Marshall's Pen near the front yard of our guide and leader, Ann Sutton, where our small group spent 2 nights. I have sent this image to Ann to see if her butterfly friend can ID it from the image above.

I received a reply from Ann and she says that this butterfly is called the Orion Butterfly or Stinky Leafwing. Historis odius.

For those interested in learning more about this butterfly from Jamaica, you may check out the following information: www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Historis%20odi...

Mapleton, Qld

Indian Leafwing Butterfly

Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 LD (IF) Macro

National Butterfly Center, Mission, TX

Tiger Leafwing

Canon 5D Mark II + Sigma 180mm 1:2.8 APO macro DG HSM

For a distribution map and photos by other observers: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179794-Fountainea-nessus

October 9, 2025. Manu Road, Peru.

Who's studying who here? This butterfly was resting on one of the leaves of our fig tree and seemed to be looking straight into the lens. It is called a goatweed leafwing, a rather unfortunate name (in my opinion) for such a beautiful orange colored butterfly.

Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in July 2021

Falcon State Park, Starr County, TX.

Tatama National Park, Risaralda, Colombia

Here is another butterfly with wings that glow, even when in the shadow. It was hiding in the undergrowth out of direct light but the wings still had this amazing colouration.

I'm having a bit of a problem identifying the exact species, but at the moment I'm thinking it is a shaded-blue leafwing (Prepona laertes).

This is the first shot I post which is taken using my new Laowa 15mm f/4 Macro lens. As the "15mm" part implies this is a wide angle macro lens and I'm hoping it will offer some new views compared to normal macro lenses.

For a BTS shot of how insanely close you need to get to the subject, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52158533169/ - This is the resulting shot of that framing! Looking at the lens in that shot, I can tell that this shot was taken at f/11 and 0.4:1 magnification.

The subject here is an autumn leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide), also known as the leafwing. With the wings folded up it really look like a dead leaf, but for me, it just wanted to sit with the wings open like this.

My first and only Florida Leafwing. They are similar to the Goatweed Leafwing. I remember this moment many years ago. I took a few shots of it while battling a hoard of mosquitos in the Southern Everglades. In a flash it was gone and I think I hurried back to the car.

I finally had one stay in place long enough to get a couple of shots. Always before they were too fast for me. I got this photo first but really wanted an open wing shot because they are gorgeous inside.

Male Goatweed Leafwing Butterfly (Anaea andria)

White Rock Lake, Dallas

My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com

La troglodyta

Anaea troglodyta (Fabricius, 1775)

Nymphalidae

Congregación. Logre observar mas de 20 de ellas en un solo árbol en la cima de un barranco de uno 100 mts. de alto aprox. de alto, en un pequeño bosque virgen, casi inaccesible.

Matadero de Hondura Peravia R. D.