Passionvine Butterfly in Panama (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Passionvine Butterfly in Panama

Caption

This is a passionvine butterfly (Heliconius erato demophoon) feeding on a Psychotria flower in the wild in Panama. The cortex gene controls the yellow bar on the hind-wing.

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Chris Jiggins

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