#Heliconius charithonia

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Florida's Official State Butterfly

The Zebra Longwing Butterfly

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Papillon zèbre - Heliconius charithonia by Michel Lherm Via Flickr: Amérique - Ferme au papillons Die - 13/07/2023

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Butterflies are important pollinators, but due to their straw-like mouths most of them feed are restricted to a liquid diet of nectar (among other things). One of the few exceptions are zebra longwing butterflies, which don't just transport pollen-- they feed on it! Pollen is rich in protein, which allows this species to live as adults for several months; a rare feat for butterflies.

(Image: A zebra longwing butterfly (Heliconius charithonia) with leftover pollen on her proboscis by Adam Skowronski)

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some fucked up butterflies

Diaethria anna, or the Anna's Eighty Eight. guess why shes called that. she apparently can be found in texas so look out

Cymothoe sangaris, or the Blood-red glider. shes terrifyingly pretty. unfortunately only lives in central africa

Heliconius charithonia or the Zebra Longwing. shes just stripey. apparently she can be found on central and south america, texas and california, and some other american states when they migrate in warmer months, yay! they are social butterflies and fly around and sleep together at night in groups of up to 60 butterflies!

their caterpillars are scary because they have spikes to protect them from predators, but are harmless for humans to touch. due to eating toxic plants, both the caterpillars and adult butterflies are poisonous to eat

Aglais io, or the European Peacock. scariest eye pattern wings ive seen in a while.

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Name of animal: Zebra longwing Butterfly

Other names: Zebra heliconian

Scientific name: Heliconius charithonia

Conservation Status: G5

Location: This species is common in Mexico and Central America and it is also found in most of Florida and in some areas of Texas!

Lifespan: they can live up to 3 months as adults!

Size: Wingspan: 3 - 3½ inches (7.4 - 8.9 cm)

Fun Fact: The zebra longwing, Heliconius charithonia (Linnaeus), was designated the state butterfly of Florida in 1996!

(If I did the wingspan size calculation wrong, please let me know!!)

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Now here's an attention-getting butterfly. It's a zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia). Bizarre and beautiful, yes?

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Zebra Longwing Butterfly (Heliconius charithonia)

Taken at FIT Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, FL

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Zebra longwing

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Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia)

The zebra longwing is Florida’s national butterfly and just look at this beautiful butterfly!! Not only is is it absolutely beautiful but it’s also fascinating as well. They live an unusually long life and can live up to 6 months. The Zebra Longwing is the only known butterfly to establish colonies(fricking amazing!) It is also found to rest on the tips of plants, they return to the same resting spot every night. It sleeps so soundly that it is possible to pick it off its perch and return it later to the same spot and it is the sweetest thing . It is one of the only butterflies that feed off nectar and pollen and there life span with decrease if deprived.

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red cracker hamadryas amphinome | zebra longwing heliconius charithonia | green swallowtail papilio blumei | malachite siproeta stelenes | cattlehearts parides | ismenius tiger heliconius ismenius

a visit to the botanical gardens with @elphiessolsikke

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I had a dream about a cryptid: mothwings.

They’re sort of a mothman-like figure, but instead of moth wings they have those of a zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia). The people who saw them first erroneously identified the wings as belonging to a moth, so they call them mothwings.

Mothwings are only seen in the forest surrounding a particular preschool, Fort Mathal Pre-K. The teachers at the school are familiar with the stories surrounding them.

They say, sometimes you can see one during the day, watching from the large Norway maple whose branches hang over the playground.

Some teachers say mothwings don’t exist. They’re just misidentified birds and shadows according to this theory.

Some teachers say they are a previously unrecorded animal, perhaps driven to near extinction by habitat destruction.

Some very morbid teachers say that they are the ghosts of the children who died when the preschool caught fire many years ago. The purporters of this theory were thoroughly admonished by the most of the parents whose children passed away.

Other people say that they’re guardian angels. Or aliens. Or demons. Or fairies. Or escaped government experiments.

But most people don’t think they exist at all.

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The Next Generation is on it’s Way

Deposit This pretty little zebra longwing butterfly (Heliconius charithonia) was very busy laying her eggs on various passion fruit vines. She would flit around from vine to vine, find a spot she liked, and then pose in this odd position to lay the egg. Once finished, she’d head on to another vine. If you look closely, you can actually see the small yellow egg on the newly emerging plant leaf…

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Mariposa cebra longwing o cebra heliconian, (Heliconius charithonia), declarada la mariposa oficial del estado de Florida en 1996.

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