Gulf Fritillary

Agraulis vanillae

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The Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Heliconiinae. It was formerly classified in a separate family, the Heliconiidae or longwing butterflies, and like other longwings this species does have long, rather narrow wings in comparison with other butterflies. It is not closely related to the true fritillaries. It is the only member of genus Agraulis.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Brian Gratwicke, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/19731486@N07/2956807512
  2. (c) Bob Peterson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8008603174_52bd461d5f_o.jpg
  3. (c) Geoff Gallice, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7868801108_f3e3680f2a_o.jpg
  4. (c) Flickr, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8177003629_7920748138_o.jpg
  5. (c) 2001 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=32292&one=T
  6. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agraulis_vanillae

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