Purple-Throated Carib <i>Eulampis jugularis</i> (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Purple-Throated Carib <i>Eulampis jugularis</i>

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This is the purple-throated carib <i>Eulampis jugularis</i> visiting <em>Heliconia bihai</em>. The purple-throated carib is an example of an Antillean mountain species highly specialized on a few nectar-food plants.

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Pedro Lorenzo

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