Longwing Butterfly is a photograph by Becca Buecher which was uploaded on November 18th, 2014.
Longwing Butterfly
Took this at the butterfly pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.... more
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Longwing Butterfly
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Becca Buecher
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Took this at the butterfly pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.
Heliconius numata, the numata longwing, is a brush-footed butterfly species native to most of South America, known for its mimicry of Melinaea butterflies. Both H. numata and the species of Melinaea it resembles are unpalatable to predators, making this a case of M�llerian mimicry, a mutualistic reinforcement of the same negative signal.
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November 18th, 2014
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