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Hector's Swallowtail

Heraclides hectorides

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Species ID Suggestions

Swallowtail butterfly (no common name)

Eurytides lysithous

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MartinL
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Hector's Swallowtail

Heraclides hectorides

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bayucca
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Comments (8)
bayucca
I had to add the link from Google-Search and you have to look at the small preview pictures.
Sergio Monteiro
Martin: there are zillions of butterflies in the place I've been shooting lately. But, as I told to bayucca, they never stop time enough to get a good photo - not even when landed on the flowers. In this picture, the butterfly was in the sun, and I could use a high speed shoot, so it's wings seem stoped. So I can't say how many butterflies of each kind there are there. In the next days I'll try to bring more pictures, in order to help you people to help me to ID them. Untill there, thank you for your interest and your suport.
bayucca
I didn't have the time to take a closer look at this one and it seems to be a tricky one, since there are several names, partly older ones. Unfortunately the main library for these ones is still out of order. Lamas call this one a type of Heraclides hectorides, which was my first guess. There are found in this region. But without the proper site I can't get closer.
MartinL
Parides agavus (agavus cattleheart) is the model that is toxic and the Eurytides copies this one for protection. It is an extremely good mimic. I am not entirely certain that yours is not the Parides model. I know how well they can mimic other species. I now consider my ID suggestion uncertain. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/collections/our-collections/parides-agavus/index.html
MartinL
This is gorgeous. Are they common? There are some subspecies in the link so you might get it to SSp. level. My book suggests E. l. extendatus but I cannot find that ssp. anywhere else

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