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The Butterflies

The main attraction at Butterfly World, they flutter freely through the aviary.
The average life span of a butterfly in the aviary is about fourteen days as compared to about seven days in the wild. Some species can live for up to ten months.
There are over 3000 butterflies and at any time up to 50 species can be seen (over 150 species in the course of a year).
Caligo eurilochus- owl u/ro2001/medium/189023.ButtWrldMoth2.jpg Danaus eresimus- Soldier
Danaus plexippus- Monarch u/ro2001/medium/206902.Butt294.jpg u/ro2001/medium/206911.Butt273.jpg
Danaus vulgaris- Blue Glassy Wing ? ?
? Hamadryas februa- Grey Cracker Heliconius cydno
Heliconius melpomene u/ro2001/medium/190486.Crop06.jpg u/ro2001/medium/190523.P6050310.jpg
u5/ro2001/medium/877320.Butterfly10026.jpg u/ro2001/medium/190491.P6050241.jpg Heliconius melpomene- Piano Key
u/ro2001/medium/190148.Butterfly105.jpg u/ro2001/medium/190524.UpClose02.jpg Heliconius sara
? Idea leuconoe- Tree Nymph u/ro2001/medium/190150.Butterfly108.jpg
u/ro2001/medium/206908.Butt256.jpg u/ro2001/medium/190153.Butterfly118.jpg u/ro2001/medium/190480.Butterfly73.jpg
Papilio memnon- Great Morman u/ro2001/medium/207001.BW279.2.jpg u/ro2001/medium/190476.BrownButt.jpg
u/ro2001/medium/206903.Butt295.jpg Siproeta stelenes- Malachite u/ro2001/medium/190152.Butterfly109.jpg
u/ro2001/medium/206901.Butt287.jpg u/ro2001/medium/206893.Butt262.jpg Swallowtail
Swallowtail Vindula erotas- The Cruiser (mating) ?

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Sheldon and Marci Morton22-Mar-2005 14:17
Beautiful Gallery! Thanks for sharing
Sony Forums Challenges01-Apr-2003 18:06
Nice photos. I just recently went to Butterflyworld myself and its amazing how some of our shots are so similar. http://www.pbase.com/loug/outdoors_nature&page=all
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