Magic Wings Butterfly House of the Museum of Life & Science, Durham, NC
Tropical Butterfly (and Moth) House
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| Buckeye, 9/20/05 | Same buckeye as on left | 9/20/05 | 9/20/05 | Comma, 9/20/05 |
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| Postman (Heliconius melpomene), ventral view | Postman (dorsal view) | Postman, 8/19/06 | Erato Heliconian (Heliconius erato), dorsal view | Same Heliconian, ventral view |
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| Heliconian | Heliconian | Heliconian, 9/20/05 | Mystery heliconian, Magic Wings Butterfly House, Museum of Life & Science, Durham, NC, 8/19/06 | Tropical anglewing? Magic Wings Butterfly House, Museum of Life & Science, Durham, NC, 8/19/06 |
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| Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides), dorsal view | Blue Morpho, Magic Wings Butterfly House, Museum of Life & Science, Durham, NC, 8/19/06 | Paper kite (Idea leuconoe), 5/1/04. | Owl (Caligo memnon memnon) |
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| Banded Orange, Magic Wings Butterfly House, Museum of Life & Science, Durham, NC, 8/19/06 | ||
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| Banded Orange (Dryadula phaetusa) |
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| Scarlet Peacock (Anartia amathea) | Precis clelia is the Latin name, no known English name. Seen on 6/6/05. | Same as butterfly on left | Teal Cruiser | Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) | Blue Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis vulgaris macrina), found in India. |
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| Maybe the Great Mormon (Papilio memnon). The females come in four different forms, and few sources show all of them. | Swallowtail, 6/6/05. |
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| Butterfly, ventral view | Same butterfly, dorsal view | Comet Moth (Argema mittrei), member of the Saturniidae (giant silkworm) family, 6/6/05. Not sure of this identification. |
North Carolina Butterflies
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| Question Mark, dorsal view | Question Mark, ventral view |