Bartola River, Nicaragua. From a canoe.
Difficult but worthwhile to sweep the overhanging branches. A great nature-seeing boat trip, all sorts of monkeys, birds, lizards, turtles, but mostly lots of insects. Many different dragonflies and Heliconiid butterflies around.
Contributed by Phil Torres.
Here is a list of species we caught that day:
Heliconiinae:
Heliconious cydno galanthus
Heliconious hecale zuleika
Heliconious sara fulgidus
Dryas julia
Heliconious erato
Hesperidae:
Cymaes alumna
Achalarus albocileatus
Morys lyde
Pompeius pompeius
Cortilea lysias
Xenophanes tryxus
Callimormus radiola
Paches loxus gloriosus
Nymphalidae:
Memphis xenocles
Archaeoprepona demophon
Anartra amathea fatima
Nica flavilla canthara
Pyrrhogyra otalais otalais
Adelpha cytherea
Papilionidae:
Parides childrenae childrenae
Parides arcas mylotes
Satyrinae:
Pierella luna luna
Cissia Hesione
Cissia hermes
Morphinae:
Antirrhea miltiades
Ithominae:
Scada zibia xanthia
Mechanitis polymnia isthmia
Riodinidae:
Charis iris
Calospila?
Charis velutina
Pieridae:
Eurema aluba
