Red Postman
by Robert Bales
Title
Red Postman
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
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One of the many butterflies at the Boise Zoo Butterflies Bloom Exhibit . It is a great place to view many different types of butterflies. You can walk through a greenhouse-like mesh enclosure with hundreds of butterflies. Zoo Boise Director Steve Burns says the butterflies come from Costa Rica. It gives the farmers in that area the opportunity to make money off of the forests rather than have to cut it down and ranch it so it is a great way for those folks to keep the rainforests intact and still make money for their families.
The red postman (Heliconius erato) is one of about 40 Neotropical species of butterfly belonging to the genus Heliconius. It is also commonly known as the small postman, the red passion flower butterfly, or the crimson-patched longwing.
The species is remarkably variable in colour and form throughout northern South America, depending on location, and its various appearances can be difficult to distinguish from various other Heliconius butterflies such as Heliconius sara, also known as the sara longwing. Particularly hard to distinguish is the related Heliconius melpomene, or "the postman", which mimics almost all the colour forms of Heliconius erato; colour forms are synchronized between the two throughout their common habitats. It is likely the clade containing Heliconius erato radiated first, establishing the wing pattern diversity found in both species of butterfly.[2] Two features found on the underside help to distinguish H. erato from H. melpomene�H. erato has four red dots where the wing attaches to the thorax while H. melpomene has three and the yellowish white stripe on the underside reaches the margin of the hindwing in H. erato but ends early in H. melpomene.
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #18 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the Special Features discussion #18....L/F/Tw
Shoal Hollingsworth
This is really wonderful. I nominated this for a Special Feature in the 1000 Views group. L/F
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the appropriate Archives l/f/p
Anita Faye
Robert, gorgeous Postman with bokeh! Featured on Groovy Butterflies Group! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html
Frozen in Time Fine Art Photography
Love the subjects color and the background colors as well! fabulous image!