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Heliconius ismenius, the Ismenius tiger or tiger heliconian, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Central America and northern South America. They are abundant as far south as Ecuador and Venezuela and as far north as southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. [2] H. ismenius are more commonly called the tiger-striped long wing butterfly.
Cymothoe hobarti, or Hobart's red glider, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. [1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests. Males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit.
The combined efforts of generations of resident and visiting naturalists have helped to make the butterfly fauna of Tobago well known. Some 129 species have been recorded on the island of Tobago that has a land area of only 300 km 2 (116 mi 2 ) and is approximately 42 km long and 10 km wide.
Diaethria anna, also known as Anna's eighty-eight or Finita Burrasca , is a butterfly in wet tropical forests in Middle America. On rare occasions, it can be found as a stray in south Texas . Its upperside is dark brown with a metallic bluish-green band on the forewings.
Media related to Butterflies of North America at Wikimedia Commons "Butterflies of North America" (1868-1872) by W. H. Edwards from the American Entymological Society; second series (1884), third series (1897)
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The butterfly is named in honor of the Greek poet Homer. [4] The adult butterfly has been described by researchers as “gigantic and magnificent." [5] Females are larger than males and can have a wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). [5] Adults can be seen from morning to afternoon soaring among the canopy of the Neotropical Jamaican rainforests. Its ...
Philaethria dido, the scarce bamboo page or dido longwing, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and tropical South America, both east and west of the Andes, from Brazil and Ecuador northwards to Mexico. Strays can sometimes be found in the lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas.