First Week of September
Day 248 in 2021

Today’s photos show the Dryas iulia delila butterfly foraging the flower head of a wild vine in our hill.

This vibrant orange coloured butterfly – Dryas iulia, is in the family Nymphalidae and belongs to the Jamaican endemic subspecies – delila. Its common name is the Julia Longwing Butterfly.

I believe this butterfly is male since it has minimal black markings on its topside.

The Dryas iulia delila butterfly is also called the Julia butterfly, the Julia Heliconian, the Flame, or the Flambeau butterfly.

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