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Gulf Fritillary Butterly in the fields of Ometepe, Nicaragua, Central America.
Taken with Canon EOS550D. EFS55-250mm Lens.
547 Views – March 2013.
CHALLENGE WINNER: August 2012 – Amazing Wildlife
The Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, is a striking, bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Heliconiinae. These were formerly classified in a separate family, the Heliconiidae or longwing butterflies, and like other longwings this species does have long, rather narrow wings in comparison with other butterflies. It is a medium to large butterfly, with a wingspan of 6–9.5 cm (2.4–3.7 in). Its underwings are buff, with large silvery spots. It takes its name from migrating flights of the butterflies sometimes seen over the Gulf of Mexico.
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beautiful
thanks harmeet – glad u like this one !
– Dean Cunningham
a great macro of this unusual monarch
thanks fred – im having doubts now that it actually is a monarch haha !
– Dean Cunningham
nicely done, but thats not a monarch(pretty sure)
mmm interesting haha – i have a few like this so im gonna have to change all the titles :) someone did tell me this was a monarch, so i will have to hit up the experts in the butterfly groups. and thanks for the tip larry as i do like to know these things and welcome learning something new !
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hi larry, jan (see below) has also mentioned that its not a monarch. thanks again for letting me know !
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Beautiful work Dean..cheers mate.
thanks heaps wazza !
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Superb mate! Great capture!
thanks heaps arfan – i was lucky to come across a field of many butterflies !
– Dean Cunningham
So very beautiful, I love it:)
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Sunny
thankyou very much sunny – and yes life is too short !
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Great glowing tones on this!
thankyou very much eileen !
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Stunning capture !!!!
thanks heaps russell !
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Such clarity – great work Dean. Faved for sure.
Love colleen2012
thankyou very much colleen – i came across a field of varied butterflies, loved it !
– Dean Cunningham