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COMPARATIVE GALLERY: SUBFAMILY 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 Tribe Acraeini: Actinote, Tribe Argynnini: Euptoieta
FIGURE 1a - Actinote carycina variation with extra wing spot - Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1b - Reddish Lazy Actinote pellenea - Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 1c - Neotropical Fritillary Euptoieta hegesia Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 1d - Hortensia Fritillary Euptoieta hortensia  - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).

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Gallery 2 Tribe Heliconiini: Agraulis, Dryadula and Dryas
FIGURE 2a - Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae maculosa - Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Regis Nossent July 2005).
FIGURE 2b - Juno Dione juno female - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 2c - Silverspot Dione moneta - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith upper December 2006, lower March 2007).
FIGURE 2d - Banded Orange Dryadula phaetusa male - Fería Muncipal Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 2e - Julia Dryas iulia - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
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Gallery 3 Tribe Heliconiini: Eueides and Heliconius
FIGURE 3a - Juliette Eueides aliphera - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3b - Isabella´s Tiger Longwing Eueides isabella dianasa - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
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).
FIGURE 3e - Rainbow Longwing Heliconius ethilla - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2009).

Thanks to Ezequiel Nuñez-Bustos for assistance with butterfly identification.
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