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Sara longwing

Heliconius sara

Photo by Rustic 41
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Amazon rainforest

Notes:

This butterfly was seen in the ReNuPeRu section at ExplorNapo Lodge just off the Rio Napo.

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Sara Longwing

Species ID Suggestions

Sara Longwing

Heliconius sara
bayucca
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Comments (1)
bayucca
No electronic reference added, since I still do not know which subspecies it is. Could be Heliconius sara thamar. But I am not sure, there are many newly detected Heliconius sp. the öast few years, informations are only available within the original literature.

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Peruvian Amazon: Species Spotlight
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedAugust 1, 2013

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