I live In Sharpness, Gloucestershire. What is this please?
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Re: I live In Sharpness, Gloucestershire. What is this please?
Hi Timerine,
Looks like one of the Heliconid species of butterfly - not native to the UK, so it must be an escapee from a butterfly house or collector. Maybe someone else on here will be able to tell you the exact species, but there are quite a few
See: http://heliconius.zoo.cam.ac.uk/heliconius/
Trev
Looks like one of the Heliconid species of butterfly - not native to the UK, so it must be an escapee from a butterfly house or collector. Maybe someone else on here will be able to tell you the exact species, but there are quite a few
See: http://heliconius.zoo.cam.ac.uk/heliconius/
Trev
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Re: I live In Sharpness, Gloucestershire. What is this please?
Perhaps the extremely variable Eueides isabella. Definitely an escapee!
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Re: I live In Sharpness, Gloucestershire. What is this please?
Tiger longwing? Heliconius hecale I got one identified for me at a butterfly farm I was at, so it could be that its variable:
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Re: I live In Sharpness, Gloucestershire. What is this please?
That's what I thought LOL! We are close to Berkeley Castle and they have a butterfly house there so that makes sense
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