The Giant White and Banded Peacock were seen on my last walk.
¡Pura Vida!
2 Old Friends on the Walk
Banded Peacock
As I continue to see more butterflies than birds in my garden, I found this one yesterday morning after breakfast which I haven’t seen in awhile, the Banded Peacock. He is very common all over Costa Rica and I was seeing more in May and June here. I do have better photos than these in my Banded Peacock Gallery, if interested.
And if you like to read more about butterflies, here’s a Wikipedia article: Anartia fatima, Banded Peacock and/or the Butterflies & Moths.org Map shows them mostly in Central America and Mexico.
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
-Maya Angelou
¡Pura Vida!
Breakfast Butterflies
This was yesterday at breakfast and today I will be leaving by noon today for Xandari where I expect a lot of different types of butterflies along with the birds.
I apologize that I cannot give an exact ID on all these guys, but as frequently happens there is not an exact match in my two butterfly books and the Skippers are particularly difficult, but still fun to watch! 🙂 CLICK image to enlarge.
Brown or Teleus Longtail Skipper 
Ridens Skipper Maybe 
Banded Peacock 
Green or Emerald Flasher Giant White 
Unidentified Skipper
Expect some “X-factor” Xandari Nature as Art the next few days! 🙂
¡Pura Vida!
2 minute introduction to Xandari, my “Oasis!”
GALLERIES FOR MY 3 PREVIOUS VISITS TO XANDARI:
AND MY TWO PHOTO BOOKS ON XANDARI:
Find out why I like Xandari so much – check out the above video, galleries & books.
Butterflies – God’s Confetti!
Butterflies are God’s confetti, thrown upon the Earth in celebration of His love
~K. D’Angelo
Along with the freshness of the air during rainy season, there are always butterflies in my garden – bringing smiles and sparkles of God’s love! What a blessing!
Banded Peacock Giant Swallowtail 
Giant White
Banded Peacock Butterfly
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
A Little More Progress on Website Today
I continue to see more butterflies which is part of June & July here and want to keep my nature theme even on posts about the website.
Today was the day for my online video visit with a specialist or “concierge” who was Nancy and very helpful, answering all my questions and giving me a boost forward in my understanding of technical things that can be frustrating. And one of the best things she did was recommend WP101 help videos online. I have already watched 6 of them and again got another boost forward making me more hopeful that this site will be successful eventually. She claims that moving my blog from Blogger to WP is “pretty straightforward.” But I will get the site working a little smoother before I try that.
Today’s Butterflies in Garden
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| Pale Spotted Swallowtail Maybe Or could be Red Spotted Purple Or Female Tiger Swallowtail Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Chisos Banded Skipper Atenas, Costa Rica |
AND a great big yellow one (maybe a Sulphur) who would never land for a photo! 🙂
See my photo gallery of Costa Rica Butterflies & Moths
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Happiness is a butterfly,
which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Newly Hatched Banded Peacock Butterfly
Earlier I featured a mature Banded Peacock with most shots of top of wings. This is a younger, maybe newly hatched, with more yellowish wing bands and more brown background color than the more mature one. In my garden of course! 🙂
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| Immature Banded Peacock butterfly In my Roca Verde Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Immature Banded Peacock butterfly In my Roca Verde Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” ~Hans Christian Andersen
And don’t forget that I have a Costa Rica Butterflies PHOTO GALLERY.
Banded Peacock Butterfly
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly, Atenas, Costa Rica |
“and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.” ― Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer’s Life
See my Costa Rica Butterflies Photo Gallery.