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Heliconius cydno cydnides f. epicydnides
about 3"
disturbed forest, urban
I spotted this while hiking on a huge, partially forested hill behind the town of Salento. It's not very wild at all but had enough vegetation and forest cover that I consistently spotted cool things the few times I hiked there.
Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, Heliconius cydno cydnides f. epicydnides. If you look only at this subspecies from Colombia...
http://helicons.chez-alice.fr/HCcydnides...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8639190@N05...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandma-shi...
Same subspecies but not the same form if you compare the markings at the margin of the hindwing. Nice little detail...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pris63/7174...
Spotted on Dec 10, 2012
Submitted on Jul 7, 2013
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