Sara Longwing Butterfly

Description:

A colourful species: the dorsal wing surface is black with a large medial patch of metallic blue that is framed by two bands of white on the forewings. (This coloration is similar to that of Wallace's Longwing, H. wallacei, whose range overlaps Sara's, but does not extend as far north.) The ventral wing surface is a dull brown to black with muted bands and small red spots on the proximal margin; total wingspan is 55–60 mm.

Habitat:

Found from Mexico to the Amazon Basin and southern Brazil.

Notes:

Image taken by me at the California Academy of Science with a Cannon digital camera.