Butterfly
Although we had planned for both birds and butterflies to be a major part of our El Cielo trip, the cold weather we encountered made finding butterflies futile. This picture shows a butterfly we found at Boca Toma II on our last day in Mexico. It was a Banded Peacock, Anartia fatima. At the same place and time Peter also saw a White Peacock, Anartia jatrophe, a Carolina Satyr, Hermeuptychia sosybius, and a Sleepy Orange, Eurema nicippe. Lynn and Jon had hoped to learn lots about butterflies from Peter and Trudy, but it was not to be (this trip!).
The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more 
