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Heliconius hecale zuleika
Mainly..orange and black..with white spots on the wings. Body is black and white to yellow stripes...medium sized butterfly.
Tiger butterfly in Brush-footed (Nymphalidae) butterfly family's Longwing (Heliconiinae) butterfly subfamily. Genus is mostly American Heliconius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconius
There are so many races in main specie Tiger Longwing Butterfly (Heliconius hecale)
Its very fantastic close up...
Spotted on Aug 2, 2012
Submitted on Aug 3, 2012
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