On a number of occasions I have seen this all white, very large (twice the size of normal one), butterfly around the tropical dry forests on the Oaxacan Pacific coastal plain in Mexico I can't find it on websites. It's so large it looks unreal when it flies, like it's attached to strings. Can anyone help?
2006-12-15 02:18:08 · 6 answers · asked by Lorenamx 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Its called a White Morpho (Morpho polyphemus polyphemus) . Aren't the great? Here are some photographs of butterflies my husband took in Mexico. If you scroll down the 4th one is the Morpho. A friend of mine calls them tissue paper butterflies.
http://www.martinreid.com/Butterfly%20website/Mex05-brushfoots5.html
2006-12-15 02:44:27 · answer #1 · answered by sngcanary 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are many large white butterflies in that area of the world.
Here is an image of a checkered white, maybe its that, I will also include a page of white butterflies that you can have a look at.
hope this helps!
http://bugguide.net/node/view/20599
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=white+butterfly
have a look and compare to the one on the second link
2006-12-15 07:23:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen it near Puerto Vallarta. I would assume its the same one but im no expert. I have a picture of it on webshots. http://community.webshots.com/user/steffendd (birds)
Yes, its stunning when you see it flying around! It was up in the hills both times i saw it, wooded areas, away from the beach.
2006-12-17 03:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by S d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
large alexanderian butterfly
2006-12-18 00:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by greatmangentletrue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alexandrian butterfly.
2006-12-15 07:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by Nerd RockR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
should have been a bird or something....or maybe that you are just seeing things
2006-12-15 02:21:40 · answer #6 · answered by yahooligan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋