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Borboleta Caixão-de-defunto (Thoas Swallowtail)

Heraclides thoas brasiliensis

Notes:

The portuguese name of this butterfly is related to its colours, wich are associated to those of a coffin.

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Thoas Swallowtail
Heraclides thoas


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3 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Thank you Cindy & bayucca. Having the name, I could find some informations about it.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Brazil is too far in the South for Cresphontes and there should be some more spiky spots for Cresphontes. But I agree, sometimes they are almost impossible to separate.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

bayucca nailed the ID!

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 13, 2012
Submitted on Jan 13, 2012

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