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Family Heliconiidae
Overview: Family Heliconiidae
Family Heliconiidae is one of the smaller Families in this listing, containing just over 70 species. However, this is also one of the most confusing Families for the beginner, due to vast mimicry and great variation within the same species as to wing coloration and/or patterning.
The species within this Family are largely protected by having body fluids which are unpalatable to most predators, and are therefore less flitty and nervous than other species.
It is to be notes that many of the species within this Family are easily reared in captivity, and therefore are used largely for experimentation by researchers.
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