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Julia butterfly (with ethilia longwing)

Dryas iulia (with Heliconius ethilla)

Description:

•They eat nectar and caiman tears. •They irritate the eye of the caiman to produce tears. •They are long-lived butterflies.

Habitat:

Clearings, paths, margins of forests, woodlands -I saw these butterflies in Itaipava(RJ, Brazil)

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BrunoMoller
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BrunoMoller

Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil

Spotted on Jun 20, 2015
Submitted on Aug 19, 2015

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