Isabella's heliconian (Eueides isabella)

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Species:Eueides isabella
Common:Isabella's heliconian

Isabella's heliconian ranges from Brazil, north to Mexico and the West Indies. It is a periodic immigrant to central Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Identification

Forewing elongated with rounded apex. Wings similar above and below. Apical half of forewing black with yellow areas; basal half orange with a black stripe. Hindwing orange with 2 black stripes; white dots along the black outer margin.

Gallery

Isabella's heliconian
Isabella's heliconian
Arenal, Costa Rica (2007)