Zebra Longwing Butterfly; Heliconius charitonius
http://www.butterflyfunfacts.com/zebralongwing.php
I had heard they where endangered but they seem to be dozens around my house, I chased several with the camera today but they seem to sense me and I failed to get a photo.

Aha! Now I know what one of the butterflies we snapped for our blog recently is...thanks Elbert!

http://bebelize.weebly.com/1/post/2011/11/belizean-butterflies.html

Emily

Good shot!
I can't seem to catch them holding still.

The Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonius) is not endangered, it's quite common and the Flordia State Butterfly. They eat passion flower vine, can live for over 2 months and like the forests edge. They are very fast and hard to get a good capture of.

Thanks for the info, Coleen! My husband Barry got those particular photos (and the monarch). I took the photos of the orange butterflies. Do you know what those are too (see my blog link above)?

Thanks!
Emily

Emily,
I know what they are, what's it worth? Just kidding. The orange striped one is Banded Orange Helicon (Dryadula phaetusa) and the orange is a Julia (Dryas iulia).
Yes the Monarch's were just here. They ate all my milkweed last week!
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_tILQHJ7WTHwaKPCZf_5Jg?feat=directlink

Thank you, Coleen! Much appreciated.

caught up with it yesterday.

very cool. great shot

Beautiful capture!

Beautiful! You really got lucky catching it on that gorgeous flower.

Emily

Right after reading your post on the 20th a swarm of the zebra striped ones filled my Ichcanan (Polly Red Head) tree. Bonita!