metalmark – Art & Other Adventures with Narca

Adelpha, butterflies, Caria castalia, Cordillera del Condor, Ebrietas, Ecuador, eighty-eight, Malachite, metalmark, Mimic-Queen, Orion, Pierella lamia, Purplewing March 14, 2014December 7, 2021

Digression: Butterflies in the Cordillera del Cóndor

Before we leave this remote corner of southeastern Ecuador, I want to show you a few of the butterflies that appear during intervals between rain. If anyone can help with identifying the ones I don’t know (or correcting the ones I think I know), please … Continue readingDigression: Butterflies in the Cordillera del Cóndor

Australia, birdwing, butterflies, jezebel, metalmark September 3, 2009April 29, 2022

The Butterflies of Oz

Male Cairns Birdwing (Photo by Narca) We weren’t in Australia at the best season for butterflies to be on the wing, yet a few were flying in the tropical northeast, and the butterfly house at Kuranda gives splendid photo ops at any time, of several … Continue readingThe Butterflies of Oz