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Part
1 of a List of selected
Central America
Butterflies
and Moths
Noting those during
Focus On Nature Tours
in Belize
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Panama
(with tours in the months of:
January, February, March,
April, July, December)
A List of Central America Butterflies in 5
Parts, compiled by Armas Hill
In the following Part #1:
Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Including, in this
list, photographs of: Pipevine Swallowtail, Polydamas Swallowtail, Giant
Swallowtail,
Androgenus Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail
The above-right photo is of the black form of a Black Swallowtail. There is also
a yellow form.
Links to other Butterfly groupings:
Part #2 - Whites, Yellows, Sulphurs, Marbles (Pieridae)
Part #3 - Copper, Hairstreaks, Blues (Lycaenidae) & Metalmarks (Riodinidae)
Part #4 - Brushfoots (Nymphalidae)
Part #5 - Skippers (Hesperiidae)
Codes relating to illustrations in various books:
Numbers noted as (BAPG:xx) refer to pages in "Butterflies of Arizona - A
Photographic Guide", by Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin, & Hank Brodkin
(with fine photographs).
Numbers noted as (BMCR:xx) refer to plates in
"Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica" by Isidro Chacon & Jose
Montero
Numbers noted as (C:xx) refer to pages in "A World of Butterflies", with text by
Brian Cassie, and photographs (superb) by Kjell Sandved
Numbers noted as (D1:xx) refer
to plates in "The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History (Volume 1):
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae", by Philip J. DeVries
Numbers noted as (F:xx) refer to pages in "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Butterflies", by Dr. John Feltwell
Numbers noted as (K:xx) refer to pages in the
"Kaufman Focus Guide to Butterflies of North America", by Jim Brock & Kenn
Kaufman
Numbers noted as (MCA:xx) refer to pages in "A
Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico & Central America" by Jeffrey
Glassberg
Numbers noted as (PE:xx) refer
to plates in the "Peterson Field Guides to Eastern Butterflies", by Paul Opler &
Vichai Malikul, 1998 edition.
Those noted as (PEp:xx) refer to a page with a photograph.
Numbers noted as (PW:xx) refer to plates in the
"Peterson Field Guide to Western Butterflies", by Paul Opler & illustrated by Amy Bartlett Wright, 1999
edition.
Those noted as (PWp:xx) refer to a page with a photograph.
Numbers noted as (RG:xx) refer to pages in "Butterflies of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley" by Roland Wauer.
Numbers noted as (S:xx) refer to pages in the
"Smithsonian Handbook, Butterflies & Moths", by David Carter.
Additional Codes:
BZ: in Belize
CR: in Costa Rica
GU: in Guatemala
HN: in Honduras
PN: in Panama
(sl): at Sierra Llorona, in hills on the Caribbean side of Panama
BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED DURING FONT TOURS NOTED BY AN (*) AFTER THE 2-LETTER
COUNTRY CODE.
Other Links:
Itineraries
for upcoming FONT Tours in:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, & Panama
Birds
during previous tours in:
Costa Rica Guatemala
Honduras Panama
A List of Mammals in Central America
List of Butterflies, Part
#1:
Family PAPILIONIDAE: SWALLOWTAILS (and allies):
Worldwide, there are totally
about
700 known species of Swallowtails.
Genus BATTUS: PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAILS:
Totally 15 species







