The view from hotel Esmeralda, Coroico over to cloudy mountainforest. Yungas. d. 25 january. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Mariposas de Bolivia

Sacramento Alto, 2600 m.a.

sitio 22

Enero 2007

Lars Andersen

 first update d.  26  january 2007

  last update d.  26 january 2007

Redactor: Lars Andersen

bajo construccion

Sacramento Alto, 2700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenMountain Morpho, Morpho sulkowskyi flying in a ravine, Cascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenMountain Morpho, Morpho sulkowskyi flying in a ravine, Cascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenMountain Morpho, Morpho sulkowskyi flying in a ravine, Cascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenMountain Morpho, Morpho sulkowskyi flying in a ravine, Cascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenYolosa. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenYolosa. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenRoom 24, hotel Esmeralda, Coroico. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Room 24, hotel Esmeralda, Coroico. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Tropical Greenstreak, Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793).
Hotel Esmeralda, Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia d. 25 january 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen
ID by Jorge Bizarro d. 28 march 2011.

Tropical Greenstreak, Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793), the tropical green hairstreak or tropical greenstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

The upperside is blue and the underside is green. The hindwings are tailed and have one red-brown spot at the lower outer margin.
The wingspan is 22–29 mm.

The habitat consists of open disturbed areas in tropical and subtropical rainforests and cloudforests at altitudes ranging from 600 to about 2,000 meters.

Adults are on wing from late May to late October in southern Texas. They are on wing year-round in Central America and Mexico. They feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on the leaves and flowers of various shrubs and trees, including Spanish Flag, Lantana camara, Tropic Lilac, Cornutia grandifolia, Pagoda Flower, Clerodendron paniculatum, Lithraea brasiliensis, Pepper tree or Peruvian Pepper tree, Schinus molle, Mango, Mangifera indica and Guaco, Mikania species.

It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Rare strays can be found as far north as southern Texas.

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Cascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Cumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Cumbre, 4700 m.a.

Febrero 2007

 first update d.  27 february 2007

  last update d.  20 march 2007

Redactor: Lars Andersen

bajo construccion

Cumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenPierphulia nysias Weymer, 1890, ssp. nysiella. Female. Cumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenPierphulia nysias Weymer, 1890, ssp. nysiella.Male. Cumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenPierphulia nysias Weymer, 1890, ssp. nysiella. Male. Cumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars AndersenCumbre, 4700 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Cumbre Pass, 4700 elev. Yungas, Bolivia

d. 27 February 2007

I sent a email to ask Kim Garwood, Neotropical Butterflies about the small Pierids ID. from Cumbre Pass. On the upper limit of plants and butterflies life on the Andean Cordillera Real lies somewhat around 4700 to 5000 meters where, at the glacier's edge on the last upper fringes of vegetation, fly the pierids: Phulia paranympha Stgr.  Thanks wery most Kim!    Best regards Lars Andersen d. 17 March 2007

After a email from Tom Nygaard Kristensen, Denmark. I  have another ID.: Pierphulia nysias Weymer, 1890, ssp. nysiella. And this species are one a the smallest whites in the world, wingspand 20 -24 mm.  Lars Andersen d. 20 March 2007

Cordillera Real, 5000 elev. Yungas, Bolivia  

Here the small mountain butterflies are flying a species as Phulia paranympha Stgr. and Piercolias huanaco Stgr.; and also Colias euxanthe Felder and Argynnis (Issoria) inca Stgr. again, as well as a few species of noctuids, are still to be found at these heights.  From Journal of the Lepidopterists´ Society.          d. 18 March 2007

Undarvi, 3600 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

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Undarvi, 3600 m.a. The road between La Paz and Coroico, Yungas. d. 27 february 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

 Link to Two Birding Sites near La Paz, Bolivia

Link to fotos from the new road between Cotapata - Sta. Barbara

Link to fotos from Coroico

Galeria

Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia. d. 25 january 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Mariposas de Bolivia  

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Enero 2007

Vagantes, Yungas, Bolivia. d. 24 january 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Mariposas de Bolivia  

sitio 21

Enero 2007

Lars Andersen ved et hotspot i nærheden af Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia. d. 30 januar 2006. Fotograf: Peter Møllmann

Mariposas de Bolivia  

Bolivia 2007

Enero 2007

Cascade de Sacramento between Yolosa and Unduarvi. 2600 m.a. date 25 January 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Mariposas de Bolivia  

sitio 23

Enero 2007

The road between Challa and Caranavi, Yungas. d. 28 january 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Mariposas de Bolivia  

sitio 24

Enero 2007

Agrias claudina lugens. Caranavi, Yungas. d. 30 january 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

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Enero 2007

Caranavi, Yungas. d. 6 february 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

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sitio 26

Enero 2007

Caranavi. February 2007. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Mariposas de Bolivia  

sitio 27

Enero 2007

 

Mariposas de Bolivia 

Enero 2006

por Peter Møllmann y Lars Andersen

 

Mariposas de Bolivia 

Enero 2005

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Enero 2004

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