Sailing with Nine of Cups Butterflies

s/y Nine of Cups
Butterflies of the World

Photographing butterflies is akin to
photographing birds only harder because they're
smaller and tend to flit and flutter more. That
said, occasionally I've been fortunate enough to
capture pix of these wonderful critters. Of
course, if I have the photo, I'm then obsessed
with identifying the type of butterfly. That, of
course, presents more problems. Many
butterflies are dimorphic (males and females
look different) and of course, they look different
when the wings are open versus closed. I
picked up The Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Butterflies which seems to do a pretty good
job of including most butterflies we've
encountered once I figure out what they might
be. There are several local websites that help as
well. By the way, if you notice an error, please
let me know so I can correct it. I'm definitely a
novice at this. I've posted even the ones we
can't identify with the location where they were
photographed. Thanks to Tim in Wisconsin for
helping identify some of these!

Zebras - Pico Duarte-Domincan Repub

Magnificient Owl - Darien Jungle, Panama

Diana fritillary (female) - Maryland,USA

Pallid tiger swallowtail - WV, USA

Milkweed monarch - Iowa, USA

Clouded sulphur - Iowa, USA

Zebra swallowtail - WV, USA

Blue copper - Cedar Breaks, UT, USA

Common sulphur - Maryland, USA

Battus Polydamas - Iguazu, Argentina

Blue Moon- Mangareva, Gambiers, FP

No ID - Libertad, Ecuador

Blue Morpho - Iquitos, Peru

Hackberry - West Virgina, USA
(Asterocampa celtis)

Red cracker - Iquitos, Peru
(Hamadryas amphinome)

We'll add more photos as they become
available. Remember, if you can help with the
identification like Tim in Wisconsin did, it would
be most appreciated! Thanks...

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