Asset: 200006200215.tif
Species: Apodemia virgulti Behr
Common: Behr's Metalmark
Syn.: unknown. Caterpillar hosts: Most often Fasciculate Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum, but Wright'...
Site: Cen. Calif. south to cen. Baja Calif.
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Note: F. Habitat: Various arid lands: rocky hills, chaparral, dunes. Behr's Metalmark was formerly consi...
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Asset: 199809190204.tif
Species: Boloria epithore [W. H. Edwards]
Common: Pacific Fritillary
Syn.: not known
Site: Central British Columbia east and south to Alberta and Montana, south along Pacific Coast to central...
Clsfx: Nymphalidae
Note: F. Caterpillar hosts: Violets including Viola ocellata, V. sempervirens, and V. glabella.
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0137.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0139.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly (female)
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0142.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0144.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0146.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0147.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0150.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0151.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly (male)
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0155.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly (male)
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0156.jpg
Species: Caligo memnon
Common: Owl Butterfly (male)
Syn.:
Site: Central America
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Note: F. The large "eye spots" on the underside of the wings may startle potential predators ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0162.jpg
Species: Catonephele numilia
Common: Grecian Shoemaker (male, fresh out of crysalis)
Syn.: n/a
Site: Mexico to South Brazil and Argentina
Clsfx: Nymphalidae
Note: F. The male and female are very different in this species. Host-plant: Alchornea costaricensis T...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0163.jpg
Species: Catonephele numilia
Common: Grecian Shoemaker (male, fresh out of crysalis)
Syn.: n/a
Site: Mexico to South Brazil and Argentina
Clsfx: Nymphalidae
Note: F. The male and female are very different in this species. Host-plant: Alchornea costaricensis T...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0167.jpg
Species: Catonephele numilia
Common: Grecian Shoemaker (male, fresh out of crysalis)
Syn.: n/a
Site: Mexico to South Brazil and Argentina
Clsfx: Nymphalidae
Note: F. The male and female are very different in this species. Host-plant: Alchornea costaricensis T...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0169.jpg
Species: Catonephele numilia
Common: Grecian Shoemaker (male, fresh out of crysalis)
Syn.: n/a
Site: Mexico to South Brazil and Argentina
Clsfx: Nymphalidae
Note: F. The male and female are very different in this species. Host-plant: Alchornea costaricensis T...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0171.jpg
Species: Catonephele numilia
Common: Grecian Shoemaker (male, fresh out of crysalis)
Syn.: n/a
Site: Mexico to South Brazil and Argentina
Clsfx: Nymphalidae
Note: F. The male and female are very different in this species. Host-plant: Alchornea costaricensis T...
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Asset: 200006130233.tif
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 200006130235.tif
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 200006130236.tif
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 1000_01_01_01_
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: E. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay egg...
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Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3207.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch caterpillar feeding on Asclepias speciosa
Syn.: n/a
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
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Note: F. Warning coloration advertises the toxic content of the larva to potential predators. ...
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Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3220.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3229.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3230.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3232.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch larva feeding on milkweed flowers; aka "milkweed butterfly"
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2002_06_15_JD_3236.TIF
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch caterpillar feeding on Asclepias speciosa
Syn.: n/a
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx:
Note: F. Warning coloration advertises the toxic content of the larva to potential predators. ...
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Asset: 1000_01_01_01_90.tif
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: From southern Canada to most of South America. Also present in Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: E. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay egg...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0049.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0052.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0054.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0056.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0059.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0061.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0062.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0063.jpg
Species: Danaus plexippus [Linnaeus]
Common: Monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly
Syn.: n/a --- The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is edible, but mimics the poisonous Monarch in...
Site: Southern Canada south through all of the United States, Central America, and most of South America. ...
Clsfx: Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) : Papilionoidea : Nymphalidae : Danainae
Note: F. Adults warm up by basking dorsally (with their wings open and toward the sun). Females lay eggs ...
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Asset: 2003_07_21_JD_0026.jpg
Species: Heliconius charithonius [Linnaeus]
Common: Zebra Longwing (butterfly)
Syn.: not known
Site: South America north through Central America, West Indies, and Mexico to South Texas and peninsular F...
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Males patrol for females, and are also attracted to female chrysalids. A male will wait on the ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0199.jpg
Species: Heliconius charithonius [Linnaeus]
Common: Zebra Longwing (butterfly)
Syn.: not known
Site: South America north through Central America, West Indies, and Mexico to South Texas and peninsular F...
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Males patrol for females, and are also attracted to female chrysalids. A male will wait on the ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0201.jpg
Species: Heliconius charithonius [Linnaeus]
Common: Zebra Longwing (butterfly)
Syn.: not known
Site: South America north through Central America, West Indies, and Mexico to South Texas and peninsular F...
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Males patrol for females, and are also attracted to female chrysalids. A male will wait on the ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0208.jpg
Species: Heliconius charithonius [Linnaeus]
Common: Zebra Longwing (butterfly)
Syn.: not known
Site: South America north through Central America, West Indies, and Mexico to South Texas and peninsular F...
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Males patrol for females, and are also attracted to female chrysalids. A male will wait on the ...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0054.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0055.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0059.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0064.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0067.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0069.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0077.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0078.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0082.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0174.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0177.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0183.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0186.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0187.jpg
Species: Heliconius hecale
Common: Tiger Longwing (butterfly), Hecales Longwing
Syn.: not known. A highly variable species, with cross-species mimicry common.
Site: widespread throughout Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. Larval food: Passifloraceae. A successful species, found from sea-level to 1700m in all habitat...
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0044.jpg
Species: Heliconius sp.
Common: Heliconius butterfly
Syn.: unknown
Site: Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F.
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0047.jpg
Species: Heliconius sp.
Common: Heliconius butterfly
Syn.: unknown
Site: Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F.
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0051.jpg
Species: Heliconius sp.
Common: Heliconius butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F.
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0053.jpg
Species: Heliconius sp.
Common: Heliconius butterfly
Syn.:
Site: Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F.
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0014.jpg
Species: Heliconius sp. 2
Common: Heliconius butterfly
Syn.: unknown
Site: Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F.
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Asset: 2004_01_01_JD_0026.jpg
Species: Heliconius sp. 2
Common: Heliconius butterfly
Syn.: unknown
Site: Latin America
Clsfx: Heliconiinae > Nymphalidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F.
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