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Pachinus Longwing

Heliconius pachinus

Habitat:

Seen in a mountainous rainforest area between San Isidro de la General and Dominical in Costa Rica.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Pachinus Longwing
Heliconius pachinus Heliconius pachinus (live adults)


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2 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks bayucca

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Heliconius pachinus, almost identical to Heliconius hewitsoni, but yours is Pachinus.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notroc...

pamsai
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pamsai

San José, Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 13, 2013
Submitted on Nov 16, 2013

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