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Heliconius hermathena

Synonyms: Heliconia hermathena

Wikipedia Abstract

Heliconius hermathena, the Hermathena Longwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to white sand areas of the Amazon Basin. The larvae feed primarily on plants of the Passifloraceae family.
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Infraspecies

Heliconius hermathena duckei
Heliconius hermathena hermathena
Heliconius hermathena sheppardi
Heliconius hermathena vereatta

Prey / Diet

Passiflora faroana[1]
Passiflora hexagonocarpa[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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