Mariposas de Altiplano, Bolivia
by Gottfried Siebel
May 2016
to July 2017
First update october 13, 2017
Last update february 28,
2020
Editor: Lars Andersen
  
Pyrgus limbata nigella. Chacaltaya 5395 m. Cordillčre
des Andes, Bolivia d. 23 august 2016. Photographer; Gottfried Siebel
The highest living butterflies in
the Bolivian Andes
North of the
capital La Paz, on Chacaltaya 5395 m. Cordillera
Real, Bolivia, there is a small Andean Grizzled
Skipper, Pyrgus limbata ssp. nigella (Weeks, 1902) which is probably
the highest living butterfly in Bolivia.
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Eduardo
Avaroa National Park 4200 - 5400m, view over the springs
of Silala to Chile, Bolivia d. 22 - 24 october 2016. Photographer; Gottfried Siebel
Eduardo
Avaroa National Park at altitude between 4,200 m
and 5,400 m, Sur Lipez Province, are located in
the southwest of Bolivia near the border to Chile.
Here you can see
butterfly like;
Bolivian
Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus
bocchoris (Hewitson,
1874).
Andean
Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus limbata ssp. limbata (Erschoff, 1876).
Hylephila
phyleus (Drury,
1773).
Pierphulia
rosea (Ureta,
1956).
Tatochila
mercedis macrodice (Staudinger, 1899).
Colias
flaveola blameyi
(Jörgensen, 1916).
Strymon
oribata (Weymer,
1890). TYPE of Thecla rojasi (Ureta, 1956).
Faunula
eleates (Weymer,
1890)?
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| Pyrgus
bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874). |
Pyrgus
limbata ssp. limbata (Erschoff, 1876). |
Hylephila
phyleus (Drury, 1773). |
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| Eduardo
Avaroa National Park, Sur Lipez Province, Bolivia
d. 22 - 24 october2016. Photographer; Gottfried
Siebel |
  
| Tatochila
mercedis macrodice (Staudinger,
1899). |
Pierphulia
rosea (Ureta, 1956). |
Colias
flaveola blameyi (Jörgensen,
1916). |
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| Eduardo
Avaroa National Park, Sur Lipez Province, Bolivia
d. 22 - 24 october2016. Photographer; Gottfried
Siebel |
 
| Strymon
oribata (Weymer, 1890). |
Faunula
eleates (Weymer, 1890)? |
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| Eduardo
Avaroa National Park, Sur Lipez Province, Bolivia
d. 22 - 24 october2016. Photographer; Gottfried
Siebel |
    
| Phulia
nymphula (Blanchard, 1852). |
Tatochila
mercedis macrodice (Staudinger,
1899). |
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| Illimani
4100 - 4300 m. Cordillera Real, Bolivia d. 15
november 2016.
Photographer; Gottfried Siebel |
 
| Tatochila xanthodice paucar (Lamas, 1981)? |
| Huarina
3900 m. Titicaca Lake, Bolivia d. 4
december 2016.
Photographer; Gottfried Siebel |
 
| Yramea sobrina (Weymer, 1890). |
| Huarina
3900 m. Titicaca Lake, Bolivia d. 4
december 2016.
Photographer; Gottfried Siebel |
  
| Pyrgus
bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874). |
Penaincisalia
culminicola (Staudinger 1894). |
Itylos
titicaca (Weymer 1890). |
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| Huarina
3900 m. Titicaca Lake, Bolivia d. 4
december 2016.
Photographer; Gottfried Siebel |
 
| Calycopis
or
Ostrinotes species? |
Aubergina
alda (Hewitson 1868). |
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| Huarina
3900 m. Titicaca Lake, Bolivia d. 4
december 2016.
Photographer; Gottfried Siebel |
  
| Infraphulia
illimani (Weymer, 1890). |
Yramea
sobrina (Weymer, 1890). |
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| Monte
de Calvario 3850 m. Uyuni, sw. Bolivia d. 2 may
2016.
Photographer; Gottfried Siebel |
A remarkable record of the genus Pseudolucia from Bolivia
(Lepidoptera:
Lycaenidae). June 2018
J. F. GUERRA SERRUDO , G. SIEBEL , R. VILA , D. BENYAMINI
& ZS. BÁLINT
February 28, 2020
Pseudolucia toroto (Guerra & Siebel, 2016).
Torotoro Dinosaurs National Park, Potosí, Bolivia d. 2 may 2016. Photographer; Gottfried Siebel
The occurrence of a
taxon morphologically close to Pseudolucia
jujuyensis (Bálint,
Eisele & Johnson, 2000) is recorded in dry
habitats of Torotoro Dinosaurs National Park,
Potosí, Bolivia. This record remarkably extends
the range of Pseudolucia by almost 800 km northwards in
austral South America.
Five specimens were available for examinations,
hence wing-pattern, genitalia and mitochondrial
DNA were analysed. However, the taxonomy of the
specimens could not be satisfactorily resolved in
relation to P. jujuyensis, for which only the holotype
exists.
The females use Cuscuta for ovipositing, what is
supposedly the larval host – a remarkable
character of the chilensis species group of Pseudolucia, which includes P. jujuyensis. On the basis of molecular
markers it was revealed that the Torotoro
population is the sister to the rest of the
chilensis species group, which together are the
clade sister to the rest of the genus. |
 
| Strymon
oribata (Weymer, 1890). |
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| Potosi
3800 m. Bolivia d. 13 december 2016. Photographer; Gottfried
Siebel |
   
| Rhamma
amethystina (Hayward, 1949). |
Itylos koa (H. Druce, 1876). |
Metardaris
cosinga (Hewitson, 1874). |
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| Urmiri
3800 m. La Paz, Bolivia d. 26
september 2016. Photographer; Gottfried
Siebel |
  
| Aricoris
chilensis (C. Felder & R.
Felder, 1865). |
Soldier, Danaus
eresimus plexaure (Godart,
1819). |
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| Toro
Toro National Park 2200 m. Potosě, Bolivia d. 2 may2016. Photographer; Gottfried
Siebel |
| Rhamma familiaris (K. Johnson, 1991). |
| Uchumachi
2480m. Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia d. 6 may
2016.
Photographer; Gottfried Siebel |
Corridor
Serrania del Chepite, Rio Beni 275 m. Yungas, Bolivia d. 24 july 2017. Photographer; Gottfried Siebel
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Butterflies from Bolivia
January
- February 2016
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Puna
Clouded Sulphur, Colias euxanthe ssp. satuata. Huarina,
Titicaca elevation 3830 m, Bolivia february 22, 2016. Photographer; Peter Mřllmann
 
| Deva
Grass Yellow,
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Lesbia
Clouded Sulphur,
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| Eurema
deva ssp. doris (Röber, 1909). |
Colias
lesbia ssp. andina
(Staudinger, 1894). |
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| Sorata,
2500 m, Yungas, Bolivia february
21, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Mřllmann |
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Moths and other insects from Bolivia
January
- February 2016
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Der einzige Schmetterling, den
wir gefuden haben: Pyrgus
limbata nigella. Auf
dem Chacaltaya 5395 m. Cordillčre des Andes, Bolivia d. 23 august 2016 auf Gotfried Siebel
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