Numata Longwing Butterfly is a photograph by Becca Buecher which was uploaded on October 10th, 2014.
Numata Longwing Butterfly
Taken this at the butterfly pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.... more
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Numata Longwing Butterfly
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Becca Buecher
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Taken 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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