sapphireyes25
Willow Grove, PA
Posts: 2
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:03 am Post subject: ID for butterfly with orange stripes |
|
Hi all,
I'm a photographer and took this butterfly picture but unfortunately I have no idea what kind it is. Can anyone help me with this? I'm submitting it to a contest tomorrow and would like to provide some background info on the species.
Thanks!
Kimberly
( photo / image / picture from sapphireyes25's Garden )
moderator's note: added a more descriptive title to topic
To hide these ads please register / sign in
|
|
| Back to top |
|
eileen
 Forum Moderator
Scotland
Posts: 18013
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:30 am Post subject: |
|
It looks very like a Heliconius sp. Passion Flower Butterfly - but could possibly be a subspecies.
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
toni
Administrator
Plants Moderator
Regular Plants Contributor
North Texas, Zone 8a
Posts: 11244
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:41 am Post subject: |
|
You don't say where you took the photo, which sometimes help to ID them. Did you happen to take this one somewhere in Central or South America or a Butterfly house locally? This one is commonly found in the tropics....Central and South America.
It appears to be a Postman Butterfly Heliconius melpomene
http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_melpomene/72252
Their host plant is the Passion Flower Vine
_________________
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with Spring ----
George Santayana
|
|
| Back to top |
|
sapphireyes25
Willow Grove, PA
Posts: 2
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:14 am Post subject: |
|
Thanks for help! I took this photo in the butterfly garden at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
