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Heliconius melpomene cythera
Black and light to hot pink butterfly. Body has white spots and eyes are gray and spotted.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park's butterfly exhibit. They're found from Mexico to northern South America.
:) Thank you Carol. The group is awesome and you're such a great admin!
Your famous Cindy, I posted this at our Spider/nature lovers group on FB. I love it!
It's not local. I visited our amazing Safari Park the other day and they had a butterfly exhibit. So many butterflies in every color!
WOW Cindy! I haven't seen this before. But I am in the east. Gorgeous. Congrats!
Thank you for the ID, bayucca!
harsuame, thank you. I think the colors are beautiful too!