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Heliconius melpomene cythera

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Field Notes

Description:

Black and light to hot pink butterfly. Body has white spots and eyes are gray and spotted.

Habitat:

San Diego Zoo Safari Park's butterfly exhibit. They're found from Mexico to northern South America.

Reference Links:

Heliconius melpomene, The Postman | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Postman

Heliconius melpomene cythera

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Comments (6)
CindyBinghamKeiser
:) Thank you Carol. The group is awesome and you're such a great admin!
Carol Snow Milne
Your famous Cindy, I posted this at our Spider/nature lovers group on FB. I love it!
CindyBinghamKeiser
It's not local. I visited our amazing Safari Park the other day and they had a butterfly exhibit. So many butterflies in every color!
Carol Snow Milne
WOW Cindy! I haven't seen this before. But I am in the east. Gorgeous. Congrats!
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thank you for the ID, bayucca! harsuame, thank you. I think the colors are beautiful too!
rutasandinas
Preciosas series muy bella el color resalta su encanto

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PublishedApril 5, 2012

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