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HELICONIINAE - LONGWINGS
A distinctive group of butterflies which, as their name suggests, are characterised by their long wings. Heliconids have a weak, flappy flight style that you might think renders them very vulnerable to predators. However the larvae of Helcionids feed on Passionfruit vines Passeriflora, a toxic plant that renders the adults unpalatable to predators. The strong colouration of the Longwings acts to advertise the fact that they are not good to eat, and as a result they are mimicked by many unrelated species.
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Gallery 1 Actinote, Agraulis, Dione and Dryadula
FIGURE 1a - Actinote carycina (upper dorsal, lower ventral) - Pilar, Departamento Ñeembucú (Andres Contreras undated).
FIGURE 1b - Actinote carycina variation with extra wing spot - Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1c - Reddish Lazy Actinote pellenea - Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1b - Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae maculosa - Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Regis Nossent July 2005).
FIGURE 1c - Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae maculosa - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 1d - Juno Dione juno female - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 1e - Silverspot Dione moneta -  Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 1f - Silverspot Dione moneta - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith upper December 2006, lower March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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Gallery 2 Dryadula, Dryas and Euiedes
FIGURE 2a - Banded Orange Dryadula phaetusa male - Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Regis Nossent July 2005).
FIGURE 2b - Banded Orange Dryadula phaetusa male - Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 2c - Julia Dryas iulia - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 2d - Julia Dryas iulia - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2e - Juliette Eueides aliphera - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 2f - Isabella´s Tiger Longwing Eueides isabella dianasa- Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent July 2005).
FIGURE 2g - Isabella´s Tiger Longwing Eueides isabella dianasa- Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
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Gallery 3 Euptoieta and Heliconius
FIGURE 3a - Neotropical Fritillary Euptoieta hegesia Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 3b - Hortensia Fritillary Euptoieta hortensia  - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3c - Crimson-patched Longwing Heliconius erato - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3d - Crimson-patched Longwing Heliconius erato variation artifex - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3e - Crimson-patched Longwing Heliconius erato roost - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3f - Rainbow Longwing Heliconius ethilla - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Nick Charlton February 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).