It's a banded peacock!
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I took this picture at the zoo last friday. I can't find this one on the zoo's id guide or in any of my books. Any of y'all have a clue what species it is?
hellziggyI took this picture at the zoo last friday. I can't find this one on the zoo's id guide or in any of my books. Any of y'all have a clue what species it is?
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Date: 2007-08-06 02:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-08-06 03:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-08-06 02:57 am (UTC)Red-Spotted Purple
Limenitis arthemis
there's a very similar looking one here, so whatever it is, it's both at the zoo and in costa rica. http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002112.html
might be a sara longwing: http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_sara_longwing.htm
the pictures look right, but the descriptions keep mentioning blue patches.
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Date: 2007-08-06 03:48 am (UTC)Banded Peacock, Anartia fatima. Usually found in Texas, Mexico, Central America
more pictures here http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/bpea.html
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Date: 2007-08-06 02:57 am (UTC)more pictures here http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/bpea.html
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Date: 2007-08-06 03:53 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2007-08-06 02:31 pm (UTC)