Heliconius melpomene
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| Heliconius melpomene (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The Postman Butterfly (Heliconius melpomene) is a butterfly that is from a genus of butterflies that have very similar markings and looks and are hard to distinguish between.
[edit] Description
The Postman butterfly has large long wings with an orange stripe down each forewing. They tend sometime to look similar to the species Heliconius erato. There are many forms of this butterfly. It is poisonous and has red patterns on its wings.
[edit] Larva
The caterpillar feeds on passion flower species.
[edit] Distribution
The distribution of this butterfly is from Central America to Southern Brazil
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