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Sara Longwing

Heliconius sara apseudes

4 Comments

bg11a1
bg11a1 9 years ago

Beautiful

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 9 years ago

Thank you, bayucca. Nice try, LuckyLogan, but I'll take bayucca's sugestion, sorry.

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Very close, indeed, LuckyLogan, Antiochus is a mimic of Sara. Nevertheless I think Sergio's is Heliconius sara based on the blue glim, which is not really present in Antiochus. If there is some blue parts in Antiochus then it is a deep dark blue not a brilliant glim like in Sara. Besides the white markings are slightly different. The first marking is a little bit thicker in Antiochus and more or less straight, whereas in Sergio's and Sara it is more slim and some kind detached/interrupted. The second marking is much broader in Sara than in Antiochus. This let me think of Sara not Antiochus. What do you think?
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/he...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helico...

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 9 years ago

By appearance there could be a chance that it is a H. cydno subspecies, but it don't think they are found in Brazil. My ID was based on appearance and a little looking around to where they are found. Could be wrong.

Sergio Monteiro
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Sergio Monteiro

Morretes, PR, Brazil

Spotted on May 28, 2014
Submitted on May 29, 2014

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