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Postman butterfly

Heliconius melpomene

Photo by Pavel Borodin
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Pasture

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
MartinL
This popular butterfly is one of several possible species of the genus Heliconius. I think probably Heliconius melpomene amaryllis http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Heliconius_melpomene or possibly the postman Heliconius erato http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconius_erato
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PublishedJune 15, 2013

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