Banded Orange Butterfly Dryadula phaetusa on flower taking nectar with proboscis in lush natural habitat

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Banded Orange Butterfly Dryadula phaetusa on flower Butterfly proboscises work like a straw through which a butterfly drinks its food. When a butterfly finds food, it first unfurls its mouthparts and then zips them together to form a channel. The proboscis is well adapted for reaching into flowers for nectar as is clearly illustrated in this image

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Size: 5333px × 3318px
Location: Gran Canaria Spain
Photo credit: © Ian Shaw / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: banded, butterfly, canaria, dryadula, flower, gran, habitat, lush, natural, nectar, orange, palmitos, park, phaetusa, proboscis, red, tropical