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Heliconius butterfly

Heliconius sara

Photo by Juan DiTrani
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Species ID Suggestions

Laparus doris viridis
MatthewKritzer
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Comments (5)
bayucca
Laparus doris viridis as Matthew proposed.
Juan DiTrani
Yep, identifying Heliconius butterflies its a nightmare!. There are many species mimetizing each other and they look almos identical. Probably that's why I'm a bee specialist.
MatthewKritzer
Juan, the exact photo is in: Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica, Charon y Montero, 2007, lamina (plate)127.
Juan DiTrani
mmm, I'm not sure. This butterfly was identified by Annette Aiello, and she is an specialist working for Smithsonian

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