Winged wonders of the Amazon

There are believed to be upwards of 10,000 species of moths in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

These photos, released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, are just a few of the colorful examples spotted during an 18-month expedition that began on June 5, 2015. Scientists are hoping the mission will expand knowledge of Madidi’s birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish along an altitudinal pathway descending more than 5,000 meters (more than 16,000 feet) from the mountains of the high Andes into the tropical Amazonian forests and grasslands of northern Bolivia.

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