More than 1600 species of the wild flora and fauna of Zihuatanejo.
All photographs were taken in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and the surrounding area.
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Spotted Butterflies of Zihuatanejo
SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA
Bordered Patch
Chlosyne lacinia
Ceraunus Blue
Hemiargus ceraunus
Cream-banded Checkerspot
Chlosyne melanarge
Four-spotted Sailor
Dynamine postverta
Lota Skipper
Carystus lota
Mexican Crescent
Phyciodes pallescens
Pacific Mangrove Buckeye
Junonia pacoma
Purple-washed Skipper
Panoquina lucas
Soldier
Danaus eresimus
Toltec Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes tolteca
Western Pygmy Blue
Brephidium exilis
White-rayed Metalmark
Melanis cephise
Brown Crescent
Anthanassa atronia
Clytie Ministreak
Ministrymon clytie
Crimson Patch
​Chlosyne janais ssp. janais​
Gulf Fritillary
Dione vanillae
Malachite
Siproeta stelenes
Mexican Fritillary
Euptoieta hegesia
Pale-banded Crescent
Anthanassa tulcis
Queen
Danaus glippus
Split-banded Owl
Opsiphanes cassina
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius oileus
Whirlabout
Polites vibex
Ziba Scrub-Hairstreak
Strymon zibo
Carystus argus
Carystus argus
Common Checkered-Skipper
Complex Burnsius communis
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cupido comyntas
Hermes Satyr
Hermeuptychia hermes
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Strymon istapa
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Pink-spotted Cattleheart
Parides photinus
Red-bordered Pixie
Melanis pixe
Teleus Longtail
Spicauda teleus
Two-pupil Satyr
Vareuptychia themis
White Morpho
Morpho polyphemus
Cassius Blue
Leptotes cassius
Common Scarlet-Eye
Nascus phocus
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
Ilus Swallowtail
Mimoides ilus
Marcellina Sulphur
Phoebis Marcelina
Orange-patched Crescent
Anthanassa drusilla
Polygonus Skippers
Genus Polygonus
Sky-blue Hairstreak
Pseudolycaena damo
Theona Checkerspot
Chlosyne theona
West Indian Mangrove Buckeye
Junonia neildi
White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae