#2980 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Julia Heliconian

🇳🇱 Oranje Passiebloemvlinder ·Dryas iulia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Liz T · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Cheryl Harleston López Espino · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Cristina Cedillo Turrubiates · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © fbernasconi · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Audrey Whitlock · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Dennis White · CC0

what is it?

Dryas iulia (often incorrectly spelled julia ), commonly called the Julia butterfly , Julia heliconian , the flame , or flambeau , is a species of brush-footed butterfly (known as Nymphalidae). The sole representative of its genus Dryas , it is native from Brazil to southern Texas and Florida, and in summer can sometimes be found as far north as eastern Nebraska. Over 15 subspecies have been described.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,880iNaturalist observations
weight 0.2 gadult, up to

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,880 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).