Fresh Sheet – November 22, 2014

What’s going on here? A recent pupae shipment from Costa Rica contained an unusual looking Heliconius melpomene (left) emerging next to a typical H. melpomene (right). Is this a pigment error or a species variation? Discuss.


Neotropical Insects NV
Suriname

25 - Battus polydamas (Polydamus Swallowtail)
10 - Heraclides thoas (Thoas Swallowtail)
20 - Heliconius melpomene (Postman)
25 - Dryas iulia (Julia Longwing)
25 - Anartia amathea (Scarlet Peacock)
10 - Biblis hyperia (Red Rim)
25 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
25 - Eryphanis polyxena (Purple Mort Bleu Owl)
25 - Morpho achilles (Blue-banded Morpho,)
10 - Tithorea harmonia (Harmonia Tigerwing)

Total = 200


Bioproductores de El Salvador

17 - Battus belus (Belus Swallowtail)
21 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
10 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
10 - Consul fabius (Tiger Leafwing)
06 - Heliconius erato (Small Postman)
10 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
10 - Heliconius hortense (Mountain Longwing)
10 - Heliconius ismenius (Ismenius Longwing)
10 - Lycorea cleobaea (Large Tiger)
10 - Memphis nobilis (Noble Leafwing)
20 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
05 - Morpho polyphemus (White Morpho)
27 - Myscelia ethusa (Royal Blue Butterfly)
20 - Papilio erostratus (Dusky Swallowtail)
12 - Prepona omphale (Blue Belly-Button)

Total = 198


Grand Total = 398

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