mallet butterflies
The Leafwing butterfly, Zaretis isidora, photographed in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, 1981 (© J. Mallet)

General information on butterflies and moths (especially tropical)

I include here some general links to Lepidoptera, especially tropical butterflies and particularly Neotropical Lepidoptera

Portraits & quotations

Mimicry, warning colour, aposematism

Heliconius and Ithomiinae