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Dina Yellow Butterfly

Pyrisitia dina westwoodii

Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

this little guy is about 1" round

Habitat:

tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica beginning of dry season.

Reference Links:

Pyrisitia dina westwoodii (Boisduval, 1836)

Species ID Suggestions

Dina Yellow

Pyrisitia dina westwoodii

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Comments (2)
bayucca
I agree, there are also in other Pyrisitia sp, like P. nise (nelphe) a lot of variation within the species. I did not focus on male and female, there might be also some differences.
LarryGraziano
Thanks Bayucca! It is interesting that of all the live speciman photos there is such color variation between individuals from Mexico to Panama. I did see the Dina Yellow but thought that mine must be another species local to the area because of the vast marking differences.

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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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PublishedDecember 24, 2011

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