The Red Cracker, Hamadryas amphinome (my gallery link) has an almost solid red underside of his lower wing, which I am yet to get a photo of. The only other place that I’ve seen this butterfly was on two different occasions at Xandari Resort, on a hill overlooking Alajuela (city) and the San Jose Airport. This shot was made in my garden on the trunk of the Cecropia Tree. I’ve only seen Crackers (all species) on trunks of trees, so maybe there is something in bark they eat? 🙂 And I’ve also only seen the topside of most.
¡Pura Vida!
And if Cracker butterflies interest you, check out my galleries on these 6 different species . . .
- Red Cracker
- Gray Cracker
- Variable Cracker
- Orange Cracker (only one I got the underside of a wing – orange of course) 🙂
- Glaucous Cracker (my 1-shot was in Nicaragua)
- Guatemalan Cracker (from Corcovado NP, the largest protected rainforest in Central America, on the South Pacific Coast of Costa Rica)
¡Pura Vida!
¡Pura Vida!