Heliconius melpomene perched on a small flower in the butterfly garden of the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens.
Pictured is a sideview with wings closed of Heliconius melpomene perched on a small flower in the butterfly garden of the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens in Fort Worth, Texas. Heliconius melpomeme is known as the postman buttterly, common postman, or simply postman. Heliconius melpomene exhibits Mullerian mimicry with other Heliconius butterflies such as Heliconius erato in order to warn common predators against attacking.
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