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Dryas iulia (often incorrectly spelled julia), commonly called the Julia Butterfly or Julia Heliconian, is a species of brush-footed butterfly. The sole representative of its genus Dryas, it is native from Brazil to southern Texas and Florida, and in summer can sometimes be found as far north as eastern Nebraska. Over 15 subspecies have been described. Its wingspan ranges from 82 to 92 mm, and it is colored orange (brighter in male specimens) with black markings; this species is somewhat unpalatable to birds and belongs to the “orange” Batesian mimic complex.
This butterfly is a fast flier and frequents clearings, paths, and margins of forests and woodlands. It feeds on the nectar of flowers, such as lantanas (Lantana) and Shepherd’s-needle (Scandix pecten-veneris).
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Featured in Peace Love & Tranquility on July 31/2012
Featured in The Winged Insects Group on July 30/2012
Thank you All for the visit and wonderful support, so very much appreciated.
Butterfly Kisses, Johanna
My greatest passion in photography is to capture the wonderful Butterfly. I hope you will enjoy my photos of Butterflies as much I do to watch them and to catch their beauty with my photographs. My camera is a Canon EOS 350D with a Canon Close-Up lens 250D. Thank you so much for your visit, the kind comments, the great support and the Love for Butterflies!
Butterfly Kisses, Johanna
Comments
WONDERFUL capture
awesome colors
Congrats on your feature
See also the groups feature message ………Johan
Hi Johan, thank you for the feature, very much appreciated and proud on it.
Butterfly Kisses, Johanna
– Lepidoptera
Beautiful !!
great shot!
31 JULY 2012 — WAY TO GO!!!!!
Hi RGHunt , thank you for the feature, very much appreciated and proud on it.
Butterfly Kisses, Johanna
– Lepidoptera
Congratulations Johanna with your Feature in the
Winged Insects Group!
Excellent work and very well deserved!!!
Cheers, Jo ;)
beautiful work