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Doris Longwing Butterfly

Laparus doris

Photo by KatCuff
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue, white & black on top of wings and red, white & black below. The white spots on the wings are more circular than line like as that usually appear on the sara longwing.

Habitat:

Cockerell Butterfly house @ the Museum of Natural Science, Houston Texas.

Notes:

http://benthebutterflyguy.blogspot.com/p/heliconius-longwing-butterflie…

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Laparus doris

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