Postman Butterfly, Heliconius Melpomene, Ecuador Toddler T-Shirt

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From my recent trip to the Mindo rainforest in Andes mountains of Ecuador. Heliconius melpomene, the postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman, is one of the heliconiine butterflies found from Mexico to northern South America. Several species in the genus have very similar markings and are difficult to distinguish. This is an example of mimicry.
The postman butterfly has large long wings with an orange stripe down each forewing. It is poisonous and has red patterns on its wings. They tend to look similar to the species Heliconius erato. Two features found on the underside help to distinguish H. erato from H. melpomene H. erato has four red dots where the wing attaches to the thorax while H. melpomene has three and the yellowish white stripe on the underside reaches the margin of the hindwing in H. erato but ends before reaching the margin in H. melpomene.

There are many morphs of this butterfly throughout Central and South America. The geographical variation in p...

Welcome to my image gallery, and thank you for taking the time to visit! There is a short biography below to introduce myself. "Venetia is an award-winning photographer, world traveller and owner of Featherstone Photography & Film. Born in the UK, Venetia moved to the USA where she created an art and custom framing business in Los Angeles, California. Subsequently, Venetia created other art-related business's, including eight years working as a freelance chef aboard private yachts, which gave her more opportunities for travel and photography. At present Venetia is exploring South America to capture more alluring images for her business Featherstone Photography & Film." A short documentary film about Manta Rays can be viewed on...