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Heliconius telesiphe

Synonyms: Heliconia telesiphe

Wikipedia Abstract

The telesiphe longwing (Heliconius telesiphe) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Doubleday in 1874. It is found at mid-elevations in the Andes. Its habitat is cloud forests. The wingspan is 65–80 mm. The species is part of a mimicry complex with Podotricha telesiphe. The larvae mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Plectostemma. This species assisted in the 1993 discovery of Passiflora telesiphe, a species in the subgenus Decaloba.
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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