Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Name that Butterfly...


Does anyone know what kind of butterfly this is? Or how 'bout the flower?? I'm attempting to add this picture to a stock photography site and hopefully make a little $ on it - but I need to know what they are! Also any key words you might come up with would be helpful. I already have: butterfly, red, garden, wing, yellow, holding on, outdoors, beauty....

THANKS!

3 comments:

Martha said...

Is it a swallowtail? Seems like they might have more yellow than this one but...

Shelly said...

Nope... My MIL identified it as a ZEBRA Longtail (Heliconius Charitonius Tuckeri). And I went up to the Corner Market and discovered that the flower is a chenille plant (other names include red-hot cattail, foxtail, and red-hot cat's tail). But thanks for trying!! daotciz

Martha said...

No problem. I didn't think it looked quite like a swallowtail.

dwkjh!