Heliconius hecalesia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Heliconius hecalesia		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Heliconius Rank Subspecies

Similar Heliconius hermathena, Heliconius hecuba, Heliconius ricini, Heliconius demeter, Heliconius burneyi

Heliconius hecalesia, the five-spotted longwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Central America to Venezuela and Ecuador.

The wingspan is 50–61 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on plants from the subgenera Tryphostemmatoides and Plectostemma, including Passiflora biflora and Passiflora lancearea. They are gregarious. Pupation takes place in a slate grey pupa with black markings.

Subspecies

H. h. hecalesia (Colombia)

H. h. formosus Bates, 1866 (Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua)

H. h. octavia Bates, 1866 (Guatemala)

H. h. gynaesia Hewitson, 1875

H. h. longarena Hewitson, 1875 (Colombia)

H. h. eximius Stichel, 1923 (Colombia)

H. h. romeroi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

References

Heliconius hecalesia Wikipedia

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