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Heliconius butterfly

Heliconius sara

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Laparus doris viridis


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5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Laparus doris viridis as Matthew proposed.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

wow!!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

Yep, identifying Heliconius butterflies its a nightmare!. There are many species mimetizing each other and they look almos identical.
Probably that's why I'm a bee specialist.

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 12 years ago

Juan, the exact photo is in: Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica, Charon y Montero, 2007, lamina (plate)127.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

mmm, I'm not sure. This butterfly was identified by Annette Aiello, and she is an specialist working for Smithsonian

Juan DiTrani
Spotted by
Juan DiTrani

Colón, Panama, Panama

Spotted on Jun 28, 2007
Submitted on Jun 8, 2011

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