Hecale Longwing

A more traditional-looking butterfly today! 🙂 And we do have a really large number of the orange and black butterflies, but I find some of the others “more interesting!” 🙂 The Hecale Longwing, Heliconius hecale (linked to my gallery) is found throughout Central America and could actually be divided into 3 subspecies: Hecale zuleika, Hecale fornarina, and Hecale melicerta. I think this and most of mine are zuleika. Here’s just one shot and you can go to the gallery above for more photos.

Hecale Longwing, Heliconius hecale, Atenas, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

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