Reference photo
Photo: Yale Peabody Museum; photo by Paul Shamble 2011 · Yale Peabody Museum (Entomology) · CC0 1.0 (cropped and resized). Not the specimen in Lucy’s drawer.
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Heliconius ismenius
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Your framed specimen is a different individual of the same species, chosen and mounted by Lucy.
- Nymphalidae
- Butterfly
Its tiger-striped warning pattern is shared with other bad-tasting butterflies, including its close relative Heliconius hecale in some regions.
Catalog label
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Subfamily
- Heliconiinae
- Tribe
- Heliconiini
- Where it lives
- Central America; Colombia
From the catalog of Lucy Garcia Salik, PhD. A mounted specimen from a licensed supplier.
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