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More than 1600 species of the wild flora and fauna of Zihuatanejo.
All photographs were taken in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and the surrounding area.
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Butterflies of Zihuatanejo
SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA
Mexican Yellow
Abaeis mexicana
Abaeis mexicana, the Mexican yellow, sometimes called the wolf-face sulphur, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It occurs mainly in Mexico. The Mexican yellow lives in a variety of open habitats such as woodland edges, open woodlands, and desert grasslands. Males will patrol all day looking for females. The larva is green with a middorsal creamy or yellow stripe and a lateral yellow stripe. The Mexican yellow has 3-4 broods per year.
From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurema_mexicana which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
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