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Heliconius erato (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brush-footed butterfly
FMNHINS 0004 573 363 · gbif-5083572315
- Classification
- Lepidoptera › Nymphalidae › Heliconius
- Collected
- 1969-09-19
- Collector
- B. Malkin
- Region
- Cesar, Colombia
- Elevation
- Not recorded
- Sex / stage
- Indeterminate · Adult
- Dataset
- Field Museum Insect Collection (GBIF)
- License
- CC0 1.0
Locality
Original label text
El Roncon, 15 km E of Becerril, foothills of Sierra de Perija
AI-recommended
El Roncon, 15 km E of Becerril, foothills of Sierra de Perija, Cesar, Colombia
Curator-approved
Pending review
Collection event
- Method (original)
- “Hand collected on flowers of Lantana”
- Method (AI-normalised)
- Hand collection
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Label transcription
- Not recorded
Field notes & curator annotations
- Weather clear, light wind at time of collection.
Digitization & audit history
- imaged · 2026-10-20 · Collections database
Provenance
Retrieved 2026-10-20 via GBIF Occurrence API, GBIF occurrence 5083572315, occurrenceID 2cae003b-b82c-47f4-ba6a-e0e651833e80. Rights holder: The Field Museum of Natural History.
occurrenceID 2cae003b-b82c-47f4-ba6a-e0e651833e80
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