north american species | international species On an average day you will find these international species in the Butterfly Haven: Tiger Longwing Blue & White Longwing Tailed Jay Small Postman Checkered Swallowtail Common Morpho Red Cracker Common Mormon Clipper Great Egg fly

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Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale) Where do they live? From Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon What do they eat? Hostplants: Passiflora oerstedii, P. vitifolia, P. auriculata, P. platyloba What is their habitat? Found from sea level to 1700m in all habitats

What do they look like? Tiger Longwing Butterfly Tiger Longwing Chrysalis go to the top

Blue & White Longwing (Heliconius cydno) Where do they live? From Mexico to Columbia and Ecuador What do they eat? Hostplants: Passifora vitifolia, P. biflora, and most other Passiflora What is their habitat? Most commonly found in forest habitats, but is not infrequent in second growth if there is a forest nearby.

What do they look like? Blue & White Longwing Butterfly Blue & White Longwing Chrysalis go to the top

Tailed Jay (Graphium Agamemnon) Where do they live? SE Asia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Japan, NE coast Australia What do they eat? Hostplant: Annonaceae What is their habitat? Found mainly in open country.

What do they look like? Tailed Jay Butterfly Tailed Jay Chrysalis go to the top

Small Postman (Heliconius erato) Where do they live? From Mexico to the Amazon Basin What do they eat? Hosplants: Passiflora talamancenis, P. coreacea, P. biflora What is their habitat? Tropical forest edge and wetlands

What do they look like? Small Postman Butterfly Small Postman Chrysalis go to the top

Checkered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) Where do they live? Indonesia and Philippines What do they eat? Hostplants: Rutacea or Umbelliferae What is their habitat? Cultivated fields, wetlands and tropical forest

What do they look like? Checkered Swallowtail Butterfly Checkered Swallowtail Chrysalis go to the top

Common Morpho (Morpho peleides) Where do they live? From Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela What do they eat? Hostplants: Macharium, Pterocarpus, Lonchocarpus, Platymiscium, Swartzia,Dalbergia, Mucuna, Paragonia What is their habitat? Tropical forest

What do they look like? Common Morpho Butterfly Common Morpho Chrysalis go to the top

Red Cracker (Hamadryas Amphinome) Where do they live? From Mexico to the Amazon Basin What do they eat? Hostplant: Dalechampia scandens What is their habitat? Often found in second-growth habitats

What do they look like? Red Cracker Butterfly Red Cracker Chrysalis go to the top

Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) Where do they live? Indonesia and Thailand What do they eat? Hostplant: Rutaceae What is their habitat? Wetlands and cultivated lands

What do they look like? Common Mormon Butterfly Common Mormon Chrysalis go to the top

Clipper (Parthenos sylvia) Where do they live? Phillipines What do they eat? Hostplants: Menispermiceae or Passifloraceae What is their habitat? Tropical forest

What do they look like? Clipper Butterfly Clipper Chrysalis go to the top

Great Egg Fly (Hypolinnas Bolina) Where do they live? Thailand What do they eat? Hostplant: Lypomaea battatas What is their habitat? Open forest

What do they look like? Great Egg Fly Butterfly Great Egg Fly Chrysalis go to the top