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The Red Postman Seen in the butterfly garden nursery in Monte Verde, Costa Rica. April, 2014 Common postman,Costa Rica,Geotagged,Heliconius melpomene,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

The Red Postman

Seen in the butterfly garden nursery in Monte Verde, Costa Rica. April, 2014

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The Common postman

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.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Nov 28, 2015. Captured Apr 9, 2014 00:30 in Unnamed Road, Monteverde, Costa Rica.
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  • SP-820UZ
  • f/5.0
  • 10/800s
  • ISO200
  • 23.3mm