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Blue butterfly with white spots. It's kind of colors: the dorsal surface of the wing is black with an average of large patches of metallic blue that is framed by two white bands on the forewings. (This color is similar to that of Heliconius wallacei, whose range overlaps with Heliconius sara, but that does not extend as far north.) The ventral surface of the wing is a faded brown to black bands and small red spots on the proximal margin; total wingspan is 55-60 mm. They feed on nectar Hamelia species, Lantana, Palicourea and Psiguria.
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Blue butterfly with white spots. It's kind of colors: the dorsal surface of the wing is black with an average of large patches of metallic blue that is framed by two white bands on the forewings. (This color is similar to that of Heliconius wallacei, whose range overlaps with Heliconius sara, but that does not extend as far north.) The ventral surface of the wing is a faded brown to black bands and small red spots on the proximal margin; total wingspan is 55-60 mm. They feed on nectar Hamelia species, Lantana, Palicourea and Psiguria.
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Blue butterfly with white spots. It's kind of colors: the dorsal surface of the wing is black with an average of large patches of metallic blue that is framed by two white bands on the forewings. (This color is similar to that of Heliconius wallacei, whose range overlaps with Heliconius sara, but that does not extend as far north.) The ventral surface of the wing is a faded brown to black bands and small red spots on the proximal margin; total wingspan is 55-60 mm. They feed on nectar Hamelia species, Lantana, Palicourea and Psiguria.
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Blue butterfly with white spots. It's kind of colors: the dorsal surface of the wing is black with an average of large patches of metallic blue that is framed by two white bands on the forewings. (This color is similar to that of Heliconius wallacei, whose range overlaps with Heliconius sara, but that does not extend as far north.) The ventral surface of the wing is a faded brown to black bands and small red spots on the proximal margin; total wingspan is 55-60 mm. They feed on nectar Hamelia species, Lantana, Palicourea and Psiguria.
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Riparian forest.
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Date stamp -16hrs
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Refuge set aside for this creature. The lowest numbered I've ever seen on a survey day. Hard not to be pessimistic for it's ultimate future.
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Almost extinct.
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Almost extinct.
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See alternate photos for action shot of one of these guys jumping on a Margined White.
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See alternate photos for action shot of one of these guys jumping on a Margined White.