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Sara Longwing

Heliconius sara sprucei

Photo by sreischel61
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Unknown species of butterfly. Seen in Ecuador.

Species ID Suggestions

Doris Longwing

Heliconius doris

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jason.dzurisin
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Sara Longwing

Heliconius sara sprucei

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bayucca
2

Comments (4)
bayucca
Please, update your spotting, thanks!
LarryGraziano
I can see why jason thought it was the Doris...the treknature page has it wrong. When you do the google search it comes up as the 2nd photo. Good try Jason. I have to agree with bayucca. Beautiful sighting and beautiful butterfly, thanks for sharing this one!
bayucca
Not Doris, but Sara. A very interesting and rare subspecies of Sara. Heliconius sara sprucei.
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PublishedApril 23, 2011

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