While Rob's passion is definitely birds, Karen has recently become just as devoted to pursuing and identifying the many species of butterflies that abound in Argentina and other places we have lived and visited.  Below are photos that Karen has taken of some of the butterflies she has encountered.

Dark Juno - Dione juno suffumata Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Turquoise - Doxocopa agathina vacuna Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Turquoise - Doxocopa agathina vacuna Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 18, 2004	Crimson-banded Black - Biblis hyperia nectanabis Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004
Spotted Velvet - Catonephele numila neogermanica Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 19, 2004	Busiris - Achlyodes busirus rioja Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Hewitson's Skipper - Phocides pigmalion hewitsonius Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Blind Drop - Dynamine tithia tithia Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004
Pará Guasú  - Callicore pygas thamyras Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 19, 2004	Mbopí - Consul fabius drurii Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 18, 2004	Sapphire - Doxocopa laurentia laurentia Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Blue Eighty-Eight - Diaethria eluina eluina Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004
Eye-spotted Drop - Dynamine postverta postverta Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 18, 2004	Pororó  - Hamadryas epinome Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Small Rings - Nica flavilla flavilla Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Hový - Lasaia agesilas esmeralda Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004
Flashing Astraptes - Astraptes fulgerator fulgerator Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 19, 2004	Ghost - Opsiphanes invirae amplificatus Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 19, 2004	Black-veined Mylon - Mylon menippus Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 19, 2004	Tiger - Tithorea harmonia pseudonyma Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004
Big Ghost - Catoblepia amphirhoe Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	False Erato - Eresia lansdorfi Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 17, 2004	Charon - Phocides charon Iguazu Falls, Argentina December 19, 2004