Oak Tiger butterfly, Dryadula phaetusa, also Known as Banded Orange Heliconian, Banded Orange, or Orange Tiger

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Oak Tiger butterfly Dryadula phaetusa or Banded Orange Heliconian, Banded Orange, or Orange Tiger is a native of Brazil to central Mexico 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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Location: Central Americas
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