Postman Butterfly

[Chris J. Durden]

  In his book on the butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago, Barcant called
*Heliconius erato* - THE POSTMAN. This was probably derived from a 19'th
century postal uniform of dark suit, red epaulets and thin yellow stripe to
the pants.
.......Chris 

At 05:29  27/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
>While in Costa Rica this spring I took some pictures of a butterfly with the
>common name of Postman.  Can anyone provide me with the scientific name for
>this butterfly?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Scott
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