Christian Ziegler / Left to right, from top: Nymphalid Butterfly (Mechanitis sp), Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), Nymphalid Butterfly (Hyposcada sp), Tiger Heliconian (Heliconius ismenius), Nymphali...

Pete Oxford / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) caterpillar, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) chrysalis, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Thomas Marent / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) caterpillars eating leaves, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia) chrysalis pair, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Butterfly {Mechanitis sp} pupa or chrysalis, Amazon, Ecuador, South America