It's a banded peacock!

[hellziggy]

I took this picture at the zoo last friday. I can't find this one on the zoo's id guide or in any of my books. Any of y'all have a clue what species it is?

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[fiddledragon]

ladysea almost definitely knows. I'll point her in the direction of this post since she hasn't been reading LJ lately

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

some maybes:

Red-Spotted Purple
Limenitis arthemis

there's a very similar looking one here, so whatever it is, it's both at the zoo and in costa rica. http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002112.html

might be a sara longwing: http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_sara_longwing.htm

the pictures look right, but the descriptions keep mentioning blue patches.

[ladysea.livejournal.com]

Banded Peacock, Anartia fatima. Usually found in Texas, Mexico, Central America

more pictures here http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/bpea.html

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

ladysea figured it out!

Banded Peacock, Anartia fatima. Usually found in Texas, Mexico, Central America

more pictures here http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/bpea.html

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Yay! She knew! :)

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

You're a genius! :)
Thank you!

[ladysea.livejournal.com]

heh. no problem