Tiger Longwing Butterfly is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on October 7th, 2016.
Tiger Longwing Butterfly
This photograph was taken at Butterfly World in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Their collections includes many species from South America and after much... more
Title
Tiger Longwing Butterfly
Artist
Phyllis Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph was taken at Butterfly World in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Their collections includes many species from South America and after much investigation I discovered this was a Tiger Longwing.
Butterflies display a remarkable diversity of wing patterns, caused by evolution, interbreeding and the mixing of genes.
Tiger longwings (Heliconius hecale), can be found in Central America and further south in the Amazon. They are part of the most important tropical butterfly group for the study of diversity and genetics.
There are around 40 species in the Heliconius group, and they all have long wings with a variety of simple, striking patterns, often with a black background.
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October 7th, 2016
