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Sara longwing

Heliconius sara theudela.

Habitat:

Vertiente Pacífica de Costa Rica y Panamá.

2 Comments

JosePabloCastillo
JosePabloCastillo 9 years ago

Thanks bayucca!! Nice info, it helped a lot.

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Very similar to Heliconius pachinus, indeed, but that one would not have the white patches on the hindwing AT the margin, but in some distance of the margin, which is completely black in Heliconius pachinus.
Pachinus: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
Sara: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
So yours is Heliconius sara theudela.
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/heliconi...

JosePabloCastillo
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JosePabloCastillo

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 22, 2014
Submitted on Jan 27, 2014

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