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Description
Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily: Longwings (Heliconiinae)
Identification: Upperside bright orange with black markings; 3 black-encircled white dots on forewing leading edge. Underside brown; forewing with orange at base; both wings with elongated, iridescent silver spots.
Life history: Males patrol for females, who lay eggs on many parts of the host plant. Caterpillars feed on most parts of the host. Adults overwinter in the south.
Flight: Throughout the year in south Florida and South Texas, January-November in the north. Number of broods has not been determined.
Wing span: 2 1/2 - 3 3/4 inches (6.3 - 9.5 cm).
Caterpillar hosts: Various species of passion-vine including maypops (Passiflora incarnata) and running pop (P. foetida).
Adult food: Nectar from lantana, shepherd\'s needle, cordias, composites, and others.
Habitat: Pastures, open fields, second-growth subtropical forest and edges, city gardens.
Range: South America north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to the southern United States. Wanders north to the central United States; rare northward.
thanks for viewing and comments. I took these in Will Point, Tx yesterday with both fuji and Canon
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Comments (54)
Fansastic array!!!!! thanx ;-)
I cant believe it's not butterfly..oh BUT IT IS!!...mmm sumptious and beautiful creatures --those are the kind I'm am most familiar with...did you know there is a huge $500.00 or more by now..fine to 'pester' a Monarch Butterfly in Pacific Grove (near Monterey) California.
So very, very beautiful!! Awesome work Richard. So bright are these colours. I have never seen this butterfly in my life, thank you for showing this to us all. Great info too, that is one big butty! Hugs to my Kind sir :-) Di.
terrific image and excelllent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great composition with beautiful shots! Nice work Richard!!
Excellent work!!! Love the vibrant colors! So beautiful image Richard. Hugs. Ana.
A great collage of colourful and beautiful butterfly pictures - superb detail and lovely flowers as well !
I love butterflies! These are so beautiful and you put together a wonderful collage!
wow never saw one of these. very lovely to look at and very super photos too
CIAO!!!AMAZING and SUPERB collage of wonderful shots!!Stunning colors and extraordinary details!!You made another incredible and terrific masterpiece my dearest friend Richard!!As usual you realized a exceptional work of breathtaking perfection!!!Thank you for sharing this sublime masterpiece!1I wish you a very nice night and a wonderful day!!A big kiss and big hugs!!
Once again, fantastic photographic work. Your detailed nature studies are, without doubt, superb. Best I have seen in a long time. My father did extensive work with detailed natural photography back some 75 years ago. They used the plates back then, real high tech!!! So i can really appreciate the quality of your work. My father would have been totally amazed. Great work, keep it up.
Like it! Very beautiful! Excellent shots!!!
This is awesome!! You can almost count the scales they have!! Wonderful photo!!! I get to see it upclose and I have never been this close well see this close lets say. Excellent!!
fantastic and very beautiful collage Richard,wonderful butterflies,really excellent shots*****
Excellent combination of fantastic photos. Wonderful colors, light and details!!!
such a pretty butterfly .. love how you put these pictures together. Wish I had a wider screen tho!!!!
Nicely put together and the colors are totally awesome !
I love butterflies and this is WOW...
amazing orange color and wings ! fantastic collage - so full of happy springtime
Well I think our summer has disappeared this is so lovely to view especially as I adore flowers and pretty things. Thank you for sharing Richard :) Cathy xoxoxo
wow, realy fantastic, super!!!
realy love this one :-)
Preciosa mariposa ! Love the colour.
Wonderful montage of beautiful butterflies. A lovely happy picture.