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Black/white helicon

Heliconus cydno galanthus

Notes:

Taken in butterfly houses

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Cydno Longwing
Heliconius cydno galanthus Heliconius cydno galanthus H. Bates, 1864


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3 Comments

PaoloCo
PaoloCo 11 years ago

Thank you for correcting me im not really good with butterflies

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Please, add the info that you took this pictures in a butterfly house or zoo.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

There is no Heliconius menelaus. You probably mixed it up with Morpho melenaus (or Morpho helenor menelaus today). This one is Heliconius cydno galanthus from Central America.

PaoloCo
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PaoloCo

Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on May 28, 2012
Submitted on Jun 2, 2012

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