butterfly in key west

Key West, FL

December 14, 2011

A tour of the Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory was out of this world.  The Conservatory was a gem of tropical plants and flowers with hundreds of rare butterflies.

The Malay Lacewing is from Malaysia (Cethosia hypsea).

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This one is a Idea leuconoe or rice paper from Malaysia.

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This beauty is a  heliconius ismenius or Longwing from Costa Rico.

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