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mariposa de los naranjos - Thoas Swallowtail

Heraclides thoas nealces

Habitat:

la Cañada, el Agrado, Huila, Colombia

Notes:

This foto was taken in an area that will be deystroyed by the Quimbo Dam currently under construction. Esta foto fue tomado en una zona que sera destruido por la Represa del Quimbo actualmente bajo construcción.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Thoas Swallowtail or King Swallowtail
Heraclides thoas nealces Heraclides thoas nealces (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)


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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Tricky one! But there is no other possibilities than Heraclides thoas, since Cresphontes with 3 spots is not found in Colombia.

Ignacio Gamboa
Ignacio Gamboa 11 years ago

Parece una Heraclides, que tal esta http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/942... es la misma? A mi se me parecen mucho y en caso de que no sea, igual creo que es del mismo género

EntreAguas
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EntreAguas

Huila, Colombia

Spotted on Dec 10, 2008
Submitted on May 18, 2012

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