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Tiger Longwing Butterfly

Heliconius hecale zuleika.

Description:

Large size butterfly, very nice colors, never seen this one in the garden before. I am hoping to see more of them.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Tiger Longwing
Heliconius hecale Heliconius hecale


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8 Comments

Thank you, YukoChartraw

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 10 years ago

Stunning!

Thank you, RiekoS.

Thank you so much bayucca.

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Very beautiful.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Heliconius hecale zuleika.

Thank you so much for the ID, FaredinAliyevski.

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

That's a beautiful butterfly. The species I suggested you is divided into many subspecies so if you want to identify it down to subspecies then you can find the list in the provided reference link :).

Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 19, 2013
Submitted on Aug 20, 2013

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