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Red Postman Butterfly

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Photo of the Red Postman Butterfly taken at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory.
Photo of the Red Postman Butterfly taken at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory.

General Attributes (Click an attribute to find more related items)

Genus:Nymphalidae
Photo Year:2010

Location Attributes (Click on location to find more related items)

Origins:Mexico
Origins:South America
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Photo Attributes:Niagara Falls,
In these galleries:Animals, Butterflies, Insects
Photo Specific Links:Butterly - Wikipedia
Niagara Butterfly Conservatory - Site Page
The conservatory features over 2,000 colourful tropical butterflies floating freely among lush, exotic blossoms and greenery. Paths wind through the rainforest setting, past a pond and waterfall and the Emergence window, where butterflies leave their pupae and prepare to take their first flight!


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Photo of the Owl Butterfly, taken at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory.

Photo Attributes:Niagara Falls, Caligo, Central America, South America, Owl Butterfly,
In these galleries:Animals, Butterflies, Insects
Photo Specific Links:Butterflies of Canada web Site
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Niagara Butterfly Conservatory - Site Page
The conservatory features over 2,000 colourful tropical butterflies floating freely among lush, exotic blossoms and greenery. Paths wind through the rainforest setting, past a pond and waterfall and the Emergence window, where butterflies leave their pupae and prepare to take their first flight!

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Owl Butterfly Wikipedia
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Photo Attributes:Niagara Falls, Canada, Unknown,
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Unidentified butterfly at Niagara Butterfly Convervatory.

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Photo Specific Links:Butterly - Wikipedia
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Photo Specific Links:Postman Butterfly - Wikipedia
The Postman Butterfly, Common Postman, or simply Postman[1] (Heliconius melpomene) is one of the Heliconiine butterflies found from Mexico to northern South America.[2] Several species in the genus have very similar markings and looks and are difficult to distinguish.

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Central America - Butterflies
Site describing butterlies as they relate to Central America.
2010 Links:The Year 2010 (wikipedia)
The year 2010 at TimeAndDate.com
Nymphalidae Links:Nymphalidae - Wikipedia
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting.

Photo Data

Make:SONY
Model:DSLR-A300
DateTime:2011:02:07 22:23:42
Exposure Time:1/125
F:56/10
ISO:400
DateTimeDigitized :2010:03:01 16:03:16
DateTimeOriginal :2010:03:01 16:03:16
Lens :DT 18-200mm F3.5-6.3
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