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Cracker butterfly

Hamadryas sp

Photo by Carolina
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found in a tropical forest in northern Colombia.

Species ID Suggestions

Red Cracker

Hamadryas amphinome

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Cracker butterfly

Hamadryas sp

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Juan DiTrani
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Comments (10)
bayucca
Either Hamadryas amphinome or Hamadryas arinome. Impossible to ID from this view. Here in your other shot you nicely see that they are always sitting with head down.
auntnance123
Red or arinome cracker http://neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/Nymphalidae_Pages/Nymphalid_Thumbnail_Pages/Biblidini_Thumbnails.html

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