Zebra Longwing Butterfly (Barry's)
A wild one not in a Butterfly farm
Taken at Dinner island Ranch in Florida
Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly ... The adult butterflies are unusual in feeding on pollen as well as on nectar; the pollen enables them to synthesize cyanogenic glycosides that ... It was declared the official butterfly for the state of Florida in the United States in 1996
Zebra Longwing Butterfly (Barry's)
A wild one not in a Butterfly farm
Taken at Dinner island Ranch in Florida
Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly ... The adult butterflies are unusual in feeding on pollen as well as on nectar; the pollen enables them to synthesize cyanogenic glycosides that ... It was declared the official butterfly for the state of Florida in the United States in 1996