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Heliconius elevatus (Zebrawing butterfly)

Wikipedia Abstract

Heliconius elevatus is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Nöldner in 1901. It is found in the Amazon Basin. The habitat consists of riparian forests. The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Granadilla. Full-grown larvae have a white body with black spots and an orange head. They reach a length of about 16 mm.
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Infraspecies

Heliconius elevatus bari
Heliconius elevatus elevatus
Heliconius elevatus griseoviridis
Heliconius elevatus nigromacula
Heliconius elevatus noldneri
Heliconius elevatus perchlora
Heliconius elevatus pseudocupidineus
Heliconius elevatus roraima
Heliconius elevatus schmidtmummi
Heliconius elevatus taracuanus
Heliconius elevatus tumatumari

Prey / Diet

Passiflora laurifolia (golden bellapple)[1]

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0