Ruddy Daggerwing

Una serie de 3 fotografías de mariposas.

Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)

Photos by Juan C Aguero (juanKa)
Long Key Nature Center, Davie, FL

Long Key Nature Center, New Season II

Long Key Nature Center

Cormorant(Phalacrocorax auritus)

Zebra longwings (Heliconius charitonius)

In 1996, Governor Chiles designated the Zebra Longwing
as Florida's official state butterfly.

Photos by Juan C Aguero (juanKa)
Long Key Nature Center, Davie, Florida

Florida Butterflies

Una serie de 4 fotografías de mariposas.

Giant Swallowtail

White peacock butterfly (Anartia jatrophae)

Zebra Longwing butterfly
Florida's official state butterfly

Viceroy-Butterflies

Photos by Juan C Aguero (juanKa)

Anartia jatrophae

White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae (Linnaeus, 1763)

Range: Resident from Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to South Texas and southern Florida. Migrates and temporarily colonizes to central Texas and coastal South Carolina. A rare wanderer to North Carolina, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Conservation: Monitor status of United States populations.(read more)

Photo by Juan Aguero (juanKa)
Shark Valley, Everglades National Park
Agosto 2006

Zebra Longwing (Florida's official state butterfly)

In 1996, Governor Chiles designated the Zebra Longwing as Florida's official state butterfly. The zebra, easily identified by its long black wings striped with yellow, is found in all parts of the state year round.

Fotos en Fakahatchee Strand
Camara Canon 40D, Lente 300 mm L IS