North American Butterfly

The Zebra Heliconid

What: Charitonius heliconius

Sex: Unknown

City: Loxohatchie, Florida

County: Unknown

How: Caught while nectaring

When: June, 1969

Who: Fred Cheeseman

Comments: Beautiful Heliconid. The stripes were probably orignally more yellow, but have faded with time.
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