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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Oct 09, 2008

This little guy was amongst this morning's breakfast crowd. He wasn't very interested in the main menu and went off to sample one of our more common weeds. I guess he was a beans and tortillas kind of guy.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 09, 2008

Common Mestra (Mestra dorcas apicalis), but your pic is better! It's a pity you missed the fancy underwing!

http://ihc.neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/Nymphalidae_Pages/Biblidini/Biblidini_Pages/Mestra_dorcas_apicalis.html

http://ihc.neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/Nymphalidae_Pages/Nymphalid_Thumbnail_Pages/Biblidini_Thumbnails.html

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 09, 2008

Only problem is that one doesn't seem to be anywhere near you, more Brazil direction. There was a pic of the Northern Mestra but hte link went to the Common Mestra.

http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/mestra/index.html

Google Northern Mestra

http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Northern+Mestra&btnG=Search+Images

There's a pic on here which matches and looks the same! Mestra amymone (Northern Mestra)

http://www.mariposasmexicanas.com/mestra_amymone.htm

That looks like it's in your area,

"Range: Costa Rica north through Central America to Mexico and South Texas. Strays north to South Dakota and Minnesota."


http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plate18/Mamymon.htm

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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Oct 09, 2008

Certainly Mestra Amymone (northern Mestra)
Many thanks.

Not very common here.
We appear to have had a "Hatching". We are flooded with the orange Julias and Swallowtails.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 09, 2008

You're welcome!

It would be good if you could put the identified ones in BugFiles, easy to make a new entry but if you need help just ask! I open two sites so I can copy and paste the Order and Family, and have another site open with the name on to do the same with the name, saves making errors in spelling. BTW, the species part of the name should always start with lower case. Mestra amymone

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