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Jemadia hewitsonii Butterflies No idea what species. Seen in Rurrenabeque, Bolivia if that helps Bolivia,Butterflies,Geotagged,Hewitson's Skipper,Jemadia hewitsonii,Mysarbia sejanus,Polythrix octomaculata,South America Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Jemadia hewitsonii Butterflies

No idea what species. Seen in Rurrenabeque, Bolivia if that helps

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    What an odd butterflies. Their bodies look huge compared to their wings. I'm so intruiged I just had to know what this is. My search took me to this website of a guy listing hundreds of Bolivian butterflies:

    http://www.danske-natur.dk/bolch001.htm

    It took a lot of searching, but it's on this page:

    http://www.danske-natur.dk/bolch034.htm

    Name: Jemadia hewitsonii. Unfortunately, no wiki page to link it to. Still an awesome specie, promoted to homepage.     Posted 12 years ago
  2. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Thats brilliant, thanks Ferdy and well done! Posted 12 years ago
  3. View Joost Thissen's profile
    Joost Thissen
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    Wow, impressive colors! They sure know how to get some attention, only on the second look I saw the brown one.

    Good searching Ferdy!     Posted 12 years ago
  4. View WildFlower's profile
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    There are a few similar species of the striped butterflies. These 2 look different so they may be different species. The brown butterfly is an 8-spot Short-tail Skipper (Polythrix octomaculata). The black one is a Scarlet-tipped Loner (Mysarbia sejanus).
    http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20thumbs%20-%20Hesperiidae%20Pyrrhopyginae.htm
    http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20thumbs%20-%20Hesperiidae%20Pyrginae.htm     Posted 11 years ago
    1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
      Claire Hamilton
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      Amazing..thanks Wildflower! Posted 11 years ago

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The Hewitson's Skipper

Jemadia hewitsonii is a south American species of butterfly, which occurs east of the Andes from Guyana to Peru.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Oct 25, 2012. Captured Feb 11, 2010 23:47 in Santa Cruz, Rurrenabaque, Bolivia.
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  • Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
  • f/5.6
  • 1/159s
  • ISO100
  • 24.8mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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