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Heliconius hecalesia (Zebrawing butterfly)

Synonyms: Heliconia hecalesia

Wikipedia Abstract

The Five-spotted Longwing (Heliconius hecalesia) 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.
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Infraspecies

Heliconius hecalesia formosus
Heliconius hecalesia gynaesius
Heliconius hecalesia hecalesia
Heliconius hecalesia octavia

Prey / Diet

Passiflora biflora (twin-flowered passionvine)[1]
Passiflora tryphostemmatoides[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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