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All of the butterflies provided in the butterfly list below were seen during a delightful four days that the authors* spent tromping around and exploring the habitats surrounding the Quepos Hot Springs Lodge at Plantation la Palma. We were there from March 11 to March 14 in 2003. We netted the butterflies, identified them using DeVries’ manuals, and then released them back to the wild. These are but a few of the thousands of butterfly species found in Costa Rica. We hope this guide is useful to other butterfly aficionados enjoying the natural wonders of Costa Rica.

*Dr. Kelly Matthews, Judith C. Johnson, Dr. Richard Stringer, of Harrisburg Area Community College /Lancaster and David McCallum of Lightstruck Film (not pictured)


Heliconius charitonius	Heliconius hewitsoni


Skipper – Family Hesperiidae, Possibly of the genus Pyrgus sp.	Unknown Species

Marpesia merops

Mechanitis lysimnia doryssus

Parides arcas mylotes

Parides chilrenae childrenae

Butterfly Name	Reference
Anartia jatrophae	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 28, Figure 12
Eretis hulda	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 49, Figure 8
Mechanitis lysimnia doryssus	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 34, Figure 7
Tithorea tarricina pinthias	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 34, Figure 1
Heliconius hecale zuleika	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 31, Figure 17
Eueides lybia libioides	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 31, Figure 19
Adelpha cytherea marcia	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 26, Figure 17
Parides arcas mylotes	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 2, Figure 13
Smyrna blomfildia datis	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 21, Figure 6
Heliconius charitonius	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 32, Figure 9
Thisbe lycorias	DeVries Volume 2: Plate 18, Figure 3
Anartia fatima	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 28, Figure 13
Marpesia merops	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 23, Figure 13
Parides lycimenes lycimenes	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 2, figure 6
Parides chilrenae childrenae	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 2, Figure 4 and Plate 2, Figure 3
Adelphia cocalla lorzae	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 26, Figure 18
Heliconius doris	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 31, Figure 20
Parides erithalion	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 2, Figure 9
Papilio thoas nealces	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 4, Figure 2
Alcides zodiaca	Butterflies of the World by Valerio Sbordoni and Saverio Forestiero: Plate 49, Figure 5
Eueides aliphera	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 31, Figure 8
Dyras julia	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 31, Figure 6
Danaus glippus thersippus	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 33, Figure 5
Papilio ascolius zalates	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 6, Figure 6
Eurytides branchus	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 3, Figure 1
Heliconius hewitsoni	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 32, Figure 12
Heliconius sara theudela	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 32, Figure 8
Heliconius charitonus	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 32, Figure 9
Morpho peleides limpida	DeVries Volume 1: Plate 38, Figures 3 and 6