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Banded Orange Butterfly


Banded Orange Butterfly
Photo Information
Copyright: kapil jadhav (kapil) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 102 W: 45 N: 67] (500)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-04
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-01-25 8:01
Viewed: 368
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Dryadula phaetusa, also known as the Banded Orange Heliconian, Banded Orange, or Orange Tiger, is a species of butterfly (an insect). The sole representative of its genus, the Banded Orange Heliconian is native from Brazil to central Mexico, and in summer can be found rarely as far north as central Kansas. Its wingspan ranges from 86 to 89 mm, and it is colored a bright orange with thick black stripes in males, and a duller orange with fuzzier black stripes in females.

It feeds primarily on the nectar of flowers and bird droppings, and its caterpillar forms hosts in passion vines including Passiflora tetrastylis. It is generally found in lowland tropical fields and valleys.

This species is somewhat unpalatable to birds and belongs to the "orange" Batesian mimic complex

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 412 N: 2987] (32963)
  • [2007-01-25 8:03]
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merhaba kapil;
good foto..very nice selamlar

Hi Kapil,
A very nice macro on this Banded Orange. Rch color saturation and nice detail in this shot. Flawless composition and framing od the scene. Well seperated from the nice OOF backround. Looks great!
Scott

Hi Kapil, good photo, nice color, contrast and sharpness, TFS

rintile

Hi Kapil
Great macro shot,nice composition and lovely colours,well done
Regards & TFS

* Piotr *

Hi Kapil,

very nice photo, nice depth of field and sharpness of subject.
Good informative note also.
What a pretty little thing.

Colin

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  • flipvd Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 162 W: 5 N: 19] (1218)
  • [2007-01-25 14:26]

Hi Kapil
Very nice shot, great colours and DOF!!!
Well done.
TFS
flipvd

Magnífica captura Kapil, con muy buenos detalles y colores. Una profundidad de campo adecuada lo que le da esta vista tan agradable a la mariposa.
Un saludo, JL

Olá Kapil
Very nice macro ,
it´s like a post card
Thanks
:-)

you have some really nice macro shots, good job!
Scott

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