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Heliconius butterfly

Heliconius aoede

Photo by elaphrus
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Wet tropical forest in Brokopondo district. I believe this is Heliconius aoede. I welcome comments about this ID.

Species ID Suggestions

Aeode Longwing

Neruda aeode

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Comments (1)
bayucca
There are many extremely similar "Heliconius" ones in the neotropics. And sometimes it is not even a Heliconius ;-) Yours is a Neruda aeode, but cannot tell you which subspecies it is. http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Neruda_a.htm

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