Scientific Name: Eurytides Thyastes
Common Name: Long-tailed Swallowtail
Distribution: South American Region
Description: Found in the Upper Huallaga Valley, Peru. These incredible Swallowtails get up to a 3-1/2" wingspan. They are easy to distinguish because of their very long tails, hence the name.
 
     
 
Scientific Name: Cantonephele Numilia
Common Name: Grecian Shoemaker
Distribution: South American Region
Description: Males and female look very different. Males: six orange spot on a black background. Females: cream colored band on the edge of the forewing and no band on the hindwing. Usually solitary. Males perch in high up in the canopy from morning to early afternoon. Females fly during mid-day.
Top-Eurytides Thyastes
Bottom-Cantonephele Numilia
 
 
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