24×24 watercolor; 32×32 framed
Butterflies (and moths) are a recurring theme in my artwork. I don’t fight it. I had never before, however, painted caterpillars. I liked the idea of a field of creatures surrounded by a border of related creatures, as in “Amazon Insects”. Every creature in that painting is from the Amazon, but the butterflies form a border for the rest of the insects. I reversed that idea and surrounded a wide variety of butterflies and moths with unrelated, but visually intriguing caterpillars.
Butterflies & Moths Identification Chart
Butterflies
1 Parides coon Common Clubtail
2 Alcides agathyrus
3 Daphnis nerii Oleander Hawkmoth
4 Cethosia bibles Lacewing
5 Ornithoptera alexandrae Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
6 Rothschildia orizaba Orizaba Silkmoth
7 Callicore maimuna Figure-Eight Butterfly
8 Dysphania cuprina Coppery Dysphania Moth
Caterpillars
9 Dione lycera Andean Siverspot
10 Sibine stimulea Saddleback Caterpillar
11 Agraulis vanillae Gulf Fritillary
12 Hyles euphorbiae Spurge Hawkmoth
13 Hyles lineata White-lined Sphinx Moth
14 Acronicta funeralis Paddle Caterpillar
15 Danaus plexippus Monarch
16 Doratifera quadriguttata Four Spotted Cup Moth
17 Nymphalidae
18 Cerura vinula Puss Moth
19 Unidentified
20 Hedraea quadridens Fern Cup Moth
21 Marpesia petreus Ruddy Dagger Wing
22 Euchaetes egle Milkweed Tussock Moth
23 Cucullia convexipennis Brown Hooded Owlet Moth
24 Acherontia atropos Death’s Head Hawkmoth
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