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Scientific Name: Colobura dirce
This is the final image in this gallery.
I photographed one of these in the Butterfly Garden at the Detroit Zoo:
http://www.pbase.com/drjaysel/image/107964368
but this one has interesting blue markings. To repeat the caption in the former image: "This little fruit-eating butterfly sits
head down on tree trunks when it rests. The pattern on the wings confuses predators so they can’t tell which end is
head or tail. The predator goes for the “head” facing up – and ends up with only a piece of wing as the butterfly
takes off!"
All images displayed are the copyright of Jay H. Levin and may not be used without permission. Please view in original size.
Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik | 28-Apr-2011 00:47 | |
Marjan Schavemaker | 16-Mar-2009 13:16 | |
coaster | 16-Mar-2009 04:37 | |
Lise De Serres | 16-Mar-2009 02:50 | |
Aida Villaronga | 16-Mar-2009 02:02 | |
Buz Kiefer | 15-Mar-2009 17:00 | |
monil | 15-Mar-2009 14:40 | |
Marco Valk | 15-Mar-2009 13:27 | |
Elena | 15-Mar-2009 00:42 | |
Jean Chiasson | 14-Mar-2009 20:38 | |
Apostolos Tikopoulos | 14-Mar-2009 19:04 | |
Bryan Murahashi | 14-Mar-2009 16:33 | |
fdt | 14-Mar-2009 14:47 | |
Char | 14-Mar-2009 13:05 | |
marko gregoric | 14-Mar-2009 11:29 | |
January Grey | 14-Mar-2009 03:31 | |
Jim Coffman | 14-Mar-2009 02:15 | |
Cindi Smith | 14-Mar-2009 02:12 | |
Yi Feng | 14-Mar-2009 01:34 | |
Marcia Colelli | 14-Mar-2009 01:19 | |
Hank Vander Velde | 14-Mar-2009 00:41 | |
Jess. ( Lady.D.) | 13-Mar-2009 22:30 | |
Peter Stahl | 13-Mar-2009 22:09 | |
marie-jose wolff | 13-Mar-2009 21:16 | |
coaster | 13-Mar-2009 20:43 | |
Gerard Koehl | 13-Mar-2009 20:37 | |
Janet Forjan-Freedman | 13-Mar-2009 20:01 | |
Tom Munson | 13-Mar-2009 20:00 | |