Butterfly Watching Tours - Ecuador | Lepidopterists Day Trips, Photo

Butterfly Watching Tours

The Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve and it´s surrounding areas like Nono, Mindo, Maquipucuna, Tandayapa, and many others, make an excellent place for butterfly watching tours. There are multiple quiet and remote areas where you can find unique and exotic butterflies.

We provide specialized tours for those interested in capturing a photo of that exotic butterfly. We offer a comfortable and 100% ecological stay in our cabañas. We do not catch or preserve!

On September of 2008 we received the pleasant visit of three members of The Hong Kong Lepidopterists Society who helped us gather this impressive photographic record of butterflies; we found samples of the following families: Papilionidae (Swallowtails), Pieridae (Whites and Yellows), Riodinidae (Metalmark, Punches and Judies), Nymphalidae (Brush-footed), Lycaenidae (The Blues), Hesperiidae (The Skippers)

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Mindo

Pululahua

Maquipucuna

PULULAHUA BUTTERFLY PICTURES

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Prices: Day Tour to Mindo, Maquipucuna, Tandayapa, Nono, or other places within a 2 hour driving distance. Includes transportation from Pululahua Hostal, Lunch, Bilingual Guide.

$ 100 for 1 person
$ 80 per person for two people.
$70 per person for three people.
$65 per person for four or more people.

The Day Tours within the Pululahua crater include 4x4 transport, lunch, and a bilingual guide. The prices are:

$90 for 1 person
$70 per person for 2 people
$60 per person for 3 people
$55 per person for 4 or more people

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MAQUIPUCUNA BUTTERFLIES


Riodinae Charis auius	Nymphalidae – satyrinae 2 Banded satyr Pareuptychia metaleuca	Nymphalidae - heliconiinae Tegosa anieta

Pieridae Archonias tereas sp	Papillionae Papilio thoas nealces	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae Alcione Altinote

Pieridae Archonias tereas sp	Pieridae Leptophobia caesia	Pieridae Leodonta tellane

Hesperiidae Dot collaered skipper Jemadia pseudognetus	Pierdae Tailed Sulphur Phoebis neocypris	Riodinae Metalmark Emesis sp

Pierdae Barred Yellow Eurema daira	Nymphalidae Brassolinae Caligo sp	Hesperiidae Butleria sp

Nymphalidae – charaxinae Nessus leafwing Fountainea nessus	Nymphalidae Perisama sp	Nymphalidae Perisama sp

Nymphalidae False daggerwing Hypanartia dione	Nymphalidae -cyrestini Waiter Daggerwing Marpesia zerynthia	Nymphalidae -cyrestini Waiter Daggerwing Marpesia zerynthia

Nymphalidae Ithomiinae Clearwing SP	Riodinae Cypria Metalmark Emesis Cypria	Nymphalidae Ithomiinae Oleria Makrena

Riodinidae Periander metalmark Rhetius Periander	Riodinae – Helicopini Neglected sarota Sarota Neglecta	Riodinae – Helicopini Neglected sarota Sarota Neglecta

MINDO BUTTERFLIES

Nymphalidae Altinote ozomene	Hesperiidae Nisoniades sp	Hesperiidae Glassy winged skipper Xenophanes tryxus

Nymphalidae – Nymphalinae Anartia amathea	Lycaenidae- Thereus Arawacus leucogyna	Pierdae Dismorphia medora

Nymphalidae – Biblidanae Orange patched crescent Anthanassa druilla drusilla	Nymphalidae Diaethria Euclides Euclides 88	Nymphalidae Orange dagger/mapwing Hypanartia lethe

Nyhphalidae- biblidinae Rusty tipped Page Siproeta Epaphus epaphus	Nyhphalidae- satyridae Hermes satyr Hermeuptychia hermes	Hesperiidae Urbanus tanna

Hesperiidae Delicate skipper Apaustus gracilis gracilis	Hesperiidae (variation) Delicate skipper Apaustus gracilis gracilis?	Hesperiidae Nisoniades skipper

Nymphalidae False daggerwing Hypanartia dione	Nymphalidae – Biblidini Daggerwings sp Cyrestini – marpesia sp	Nymphalidae – Coeini Scarlett peacock Anartia amathea

	Butterfly Egg!!