Colombian Butterflies

Lisa Zee says on Sep 23, 2009, 21:23:

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 23, 2009, 21:30:

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Simon says on Sep 23, 2009, 21:37:

Colombian butterflies are the best!

"Just an honest, decent Colombian trying to do the right thing."--Simon

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goin_south says on Sep 23, 2009, 21:52:

This butterfly was hard to beat,
Just to give the thread a little energy to build on:

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 23, 2009, 21:53:

Blue Satin Finish

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 23, 2009, 22:03:

Marpesia Marcella- males

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ddluzdelsol says on Sep 23, 2009, 22:38:

Wow, guys!! Thanks!!

Lisa... are the butterflies year round? I'll be headed there (Ibague) during Christmas. Do you think there's any chance of me seeing some in December?

Christmas and New Years in Ibague!!

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 23, 2009, 23:02:

Yes all year round. There is a mariposario by Santa Elena, I think, near Medellin.

MONGO, fantastic!, I would love to get that poster! Thanks for contributing to this tread.

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 23, 2009, 23:07:

The mariposario I went, did not have the butterflies alive!. I was a bit disappointed. But it was very nice, some species were live like the GIANT cucaracha from Madagascar! guacala, I still think about it!!!

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 24, 2009, 01:21:

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 24, 2009, 01:30:

Atrevido (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 24, 2009, 04:11:

elchoco (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 24, 2009, 06:30:

Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 24, 2009, 07:03:

kenblanquito says on Sep 24, 2009, 07:05:

Lisa Zee
Another good post, thanks!
Mongo2
We have been to the butterfly house in Quindio, perhaps not the ideal place to see them but an efficient way of viewing many species in a couple of hours.

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goin_south says on Sep 24, 2009, 09:10:

Here's a good one:

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goin_south says on Sep 24, 2009, 09:10:

oooopPs.... sorry....Wrong Fly.

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goin_south says on Sep 24, 2009, 09:10:

A new Colombian butterfly, Idioneurula donegani, discovered by Blanca Huertas in December 2007 © Huertas and Arias 2007



In December 1997, Natural History Museum butterfly curator Blanca Huertas discovered a new butterfly species, named Idioneurula donegani, in the high Andes of Colombia. Find out more about her discovery and her work at the Museum in the interview below.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/collecting-and...

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Atrevido (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 24, 2009, 15:35:

goin_south says on Sep 24, 2009, 18:35:

I thought Mariposa was a girl from Sincelejo.

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 24, 2009, 20:00:

Great photos, thanks. Has anyone been to the place close to Medellin I am talking about?
I grew up seeing so many different butterfly , it was so normal to me> Here in California you are lucky if you see a Monarch. I see in my yard many little light yellow ones, that is it.

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 24, 2009, 20:26:

EL NINO Y LA MARIPOSA

Mariposa,

Vagarosa

Rica en tinte y en donaire

¿qué haces tú de rosa en rosa?

¿de qué vives en el aire?



Yo, de flores

Y de olores,

Y de espumas de la fuente,

Y del sol resplandeciente

Que me viste de colores



¿Me regalas

tus dos alas?

¡son tan lindas! ¡te las pido!

deja que orne mi vestido

con la pompa de tus galas



Tú, niñito

tan bonito,

tú que tienes tanto traje,

¿Por qué quieres un ropaje

que me ha dado Dios bendito?



¿De qué alitas

necesitas

si no vuelas cual yo vuelo?

¿qué me resta bajo el cielo

si mi todo me lo quitas?



Días sin cuento

De contento

El Señor a ti me envía;

Mas mi vida es un solo día,

No me lo hagas de tormento



¿te divierte

dar la muerte

a una pobre mariposa?

¡ay¡ quizás sobre una rosa

Me hallarás muy pronto inerte.



Oyó el niño

Con cariño

Esta queja de amargura,

Y una gota de miel pura

Le ofreció con dulce guiño



Ella, ansiosa,

Vuela y posa

En su palma sonrosada,

Y allí mismo, ya saciada,

Y de gozo temblorosa,

Expiró la mariposa


Rafael Pombo

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 24, 2009, 22:13:

WOW look at this huge one!

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Lisa Zee says on Sep 24, 2009, 22:35:

My son just got very exited when he looked a these " mariposas" When he was a kid we used to go chasing them, and trying to catch them, specially the big blue one. Oh the memories!!!

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lanomad says on Sep 25, 2009, 07:41:

Beautiful display! I am in awe of the butterflies that I am constantly seeing all over the country. By the way, I highly recommend the zoo in Cali (rated no. 1 in South America by Lonely Planet) they have an awesome display of butterflies in a large open-air cage you walk through as they fly freely around you. Beautiful butterflies, brightly colored ones and rare ones that dazzle the human eye.

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goin_south says on Sep 25, 2009, 13:32:

The Cali Zoologica?
NUMERO UNO???

damn.
maybe lonely planet didn't get to the rest of South America.

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