ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – BUNICHUS PARIDES (PARIDES BUNICHUS)

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Bunichus Parides (Parides bunichus)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Paplionidae
Genus : Parides
Species : P. Bunichus

Description:

The Bunichus Parides(Parides bunichus) is a butterflyof the family Papilionidae. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

The larva is brownish black, with an oblique white band, extending laterally from the 6th segment to the tubercle on the 7th. The pupal stage lasts three weeks.

The butterfly is very common and is one of the earliest spring species (August). From August to April there are at least three generations.

Binomial Name:

Name : Parides bunichus
Taxonomist : Jacob Hübner (Augsburg - Germany)
Year : 1821
Subspecies : 5 (Bunichus, Chamissonia, Damocrates, Diodorus, Perrhebus)
Synonyms : Many

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2003 – Uruguay – Stamp 4 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Country: Uruguay
Date: March 18th, 2003
Printed: 10.000 Copies
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Value:UYP 12

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 23 mm. x 35 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – BANDED ORANGE HELICONIAN (DRYADULA PHAETUSA)

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Banded orange heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Genus : Dryadula
Species : D. Phaetusa

Description:

Dryadula is a monotypic genus of the butterflyfamily Nymphalidae. Its single species, Dryadula phaetusa, known as theBanded orange heliconian, Banded orange, or Orange tiger, is native from Brazil to central Mexico, and in summer can be found rarely as far north as central Florida. Its wingspan ranges from 86 to 89 mm, and it is colored a bright orange with thick black stripes in males and a duller orange with fuzzier black stripes in females.

It feeds primarily on the nectar of flowers and on bird droppings; its caterpillar feeds on passion vines including Passiflora tetrastylis. It is generally found in lowland tropical fields and valleys.

This species is unpalatable to birds and belongs to the "orange" Batesian mimicry complex.

Prior to their mating season, males of this species congregate by the hundreds on patches of moist soil that contain mineral salts (mud-puddling). When they cannot find such deposits, the insects visit various animals to drink salty secretions from their skin and nostrils.

The genus Dryadula Michner, 1942, is monotypic; the type species is Papilio phaetusa Linnaeus, 1758 (Syst. Nat. 10 ed., 1: 478). The type locality, given as "Indiis", is supposed to refer to the West Indies or northern South America.

Binomial Name:

Name : Dryadula phaetusa
Taxonomist : Carl Linnaeus (Småland - Sweden)
Year : 1758
Subspecies : None, or not data available
Synonyms : None, or not data available

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2003 – Uruguay – Stamp 3 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Date: March 18th, 2003
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Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 23 mm. x 35 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – MANGROVE BUCKEYE (JUNONIA EVARETE)

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Mangrove buckeye (Junonia evarete)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Genus : Junonia
Species : J. Evarete

Description:

The Mangrove buckeye(Junonia evarete) also called West Indian buckeye or tropical buckeye, is a neotropical nymphalid butterfly found from Florida and the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, to tropical and subtropical South America. The type locality is Surinam, and numerous subspecies have been described. The synonymy is extensive, and older literature must be used with caution. The butterfly is easily confused with Junonia genoveva, which is also known as the mangrove buckeye.

Binomial Name:

Name : Junonia evarete
Taxonomist : Pieter Cramer (Amsterdam - Netherlands)
Year : 17779
Subspecies : Many
Synonyms : Many

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2003 – Uruguay – Stamp 2 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Country: Uruguay
Date: March 18th, 2003
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Value:UYP 12

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 23 mm. x 35 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – RED POSTMAN (HELICONIUS ERATO)

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Red Postman (Heliconius erato)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Genus : Heliconius
Species : H. Erato

Description:

The Red postman(Heliconius erato) is one of about 40 Neotropical species of butterfly belonging to the genus Heliconius. It is also commonly known as the small postman, thered passion flower butterfly, or the crimson-patched longwing.

The species is remarkably variable in colour and form throughout northern South America, depending on location, and its various appearances can be difficult to distinguish from various other Heliconius butterflies such as Heliconius sara, also known as the sara longwing. Particularly hard to distinguish is the related Heliconius melpomene, or "the postman", which mimics almost all the colour forms of Heliconius erato; colour forms are synchronized between the two throughout their common habitats. It is likely the clade containing Heliconius erato radiated first, establishing the wing pattern diversity found in both species of butterfly. Two features found on the underside help to distinguish H. erato from H. melpomene—H. erato has four red dots where the wing attaches to the thorax while H. melpomene has three and the yellowish white stripe on the underside reaches the margin of the hindwing in H. erato but ends early in H. melpomene.

Heliconius erato is up to about5.5–8 cm (2.2–3.1 in) in wingspan with a jerky unelegance in flight.

Like Heliconius charithonia, H. erato is one of the few butterflies that collects and digests pollen, conferring considerable longevity to the adults (several months). Adults roost in groups, returning to the same location each night.

Recent Field work has confirmed the relative abundance of this butterfly.

A recent study, using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data sets, places the origins of H. erato at 2.8 million years ago. H. erato also shows clustering of AFLPs by geography revealing that H. erato originated in western South America.

Binomial Name:

Name : Heliconius erato
Taxonomist : Carl Linnaeus (Småland - Sweden)
Year : 1758
Subspecies : Many
Synonyms : Papilio erato

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2003 – Uruguay – Stamp 1 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Date: March 18th, 2003
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Size: 23 mm. x 35 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – MARCELLA MARPESIA (MARPESIA MARCELLA)

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Marcella marpesia (Marpesia marcella)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Genus : Marpesia
Species : M. Marcella

Description:

The Marcella marpesia(Marpesia marcella) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidaefamily. It is found in the Neotropic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.

Binomial Name:

Name : Marpesia marcella
Taxonomist : Baron Cajetan von Felder (Wieden - Austria) and Rudolf Felder (Austria)
Year : 1861
Subspecies : None, or not data available
Synonyms : None, or not data available

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2007 – Uruguay – Stamp 4 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Country: Uruguay
Date: October 26th, 2009
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value:UYP 20

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – CLAUDINA AGRIAS (AGRIAS CLAUDINA)

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Claudina Agrias (Agrias claudina)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Genus : Agrias
Species : A. Claudina

Description:

The Claudina Agrias(Agrias claudina) is a butterflyof the Nymphalidaefamily. It is found from Venezuela and Guyana to Bolivia. The subspecies sardanapalus is found in Ecuador, Brazil and Peru. It is found in primary and secondary rainforest at altitudes between 200 and 600 meters.

The larvae feed on Erythroxylum species. Adults feed on decomposing fruit and rotting fish.

Binomial Name:

Name : Agrias claudina
Taxonomist : Jean-Baptiste Godart (Origny - France)
Year : 1824
Subspecies : 8 (Claudina, Annetta, Sardanapalus, … )
Synonyms : Nymphalis claudina, Papilio claudia, Agrias sahlkei, Agrias claudianus

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2007 – Uruguay – Stamp 3 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Date: October 26th, 2009
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Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
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ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – SUPERB NUMBERWING (CALLICORE EXCELSIOR)

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Superb Numberwing (Callicore excelsior)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Genus : Callicore
Species : C. Excelsior

Description:

The Superb Numberwingor Excelsior Eighty-eight(Callicore excelsior) is a species of butterflyof the Nymphalidaefamily. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

Adults are black on the upper surface of the wings, with a metallic deep blue sheen on the hindwings, and a broad arc of orange or red on the forewings.

Binomial Name:

Name : Callicore excelsior
Taxonomist : William Chapman Hewitson (Newcastle upon Tyne - England)
Year : 1858
Subspecies : 12 (Excelsior, Inferior, Pastazza, … )
Synonyms : Many (Catagramma excelsior, ... )

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2007 – Uruguay – Stamp 2 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Country: Uruguay
Date: October 26th, 2009
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Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
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ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – BLUE-WINGED EUYRBIA (EURYBIA LYCISCA)

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Blue-winged Euyrbia (Eurybia lycisca)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Riodinidae
Genus : Eurybia
Species : E. Lycisca

Description:

The Blue-winged Euyrbia(Eurybia lycisca) is a butterflyof the Riodinidaefamily. It is found in from Mexico to Ecuador, including some Caribbean Islands.

Larvae feen on Calathea lutea, C. crotalifera, C. inocephala, C. latifolia, C. warsczewisczia, and Ischnosiphon pruniosus.

Binomial Name:

Name : Eurybia lycisca
Taxonomist : John Obadiah Westwood (Sheffield - England)
Year : 1851
Subspecies : None, or no data available
Synonyms : Eurybia lamia, Eurybia lamia lamia, Eurybia caerulescens palikourea

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2007 – Uruguay – Stamp 1 of 4, from Butterflies Series

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Date: October 26th, 2007
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Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
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ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – SCARLET PEACOCK (ANARTIA AMATHEA)

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Scarlet Peacock (Anartia amathea)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Genus : Anartia
Species : A. Amathea

Description:

The Scarlet peacock(Anartia amathea), also named Brown Peacock, is a species of nymphalid butterfly, found primarily in South America. The type locality is probably Suriname, and the species is found from Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados, Antigua. It is reported as common in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Brazilian highlands, the eastern Amazon, the Guianas, Venezuela, and Panama, as well as Trinidad and other Caribbean islands. North American records are either in error or refer to strays.

Larval host plants are mostly undetermined, but these include the families Acanthaceae and Labiatae.

Binomial Name:

Name : Anartia amathea
Taxonomist : Carl Linnaeus (Småland - Sweden)
Year : 1758
Subspecies : None, or no data available
Synonyms : None, or no data available

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2009 – Uruguay – Stamp 2 of 4, from Spring Series

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Country: Uruguay
Date: October 13th, 2009
Printed: 15.000 Copies
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Value: UYP 15

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Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – RED CRACKER (HAMADRYAS AMPHINOME)

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Red Cracker (Hamadryas amphinome)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Nymphalidae
Tribe : Biblidini
Genus : Hamadryas
Species : H. Amphinome

Description:

The Red Cracker(Hamadryas amphinome) is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Argentina, Mexico south to Amazon Basin and in Guianas, Peru, and Bolivia.

The larvae feed on Dalechampia scandens.

Binomial Name:

Name : Hamadryas amphinome
Taxonomist : Carl Linnaeus (Småland - Sweden)
Year : 1767
Subspecies : 4 (Amphinome, Fumosa, Mazai, Mexicana)
Synonyms : Papilio amphinome

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

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2009 – Uruguay – Stamp 1 of 4, from Spring Series

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Country: Uruguay
Date: October 13th, 2009
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value: UYP 15

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated