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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
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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