Biology:Heliconius hecalesia
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Five-spotted longwing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. hecalesia
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| Heliconius hecalesia Hewitson, 1853[1]
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Seven, see text | |
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Heliconius hecalesia, the five-spotted longwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Central America to Venezuela and Ecuador.[2]
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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heliconius hecalesia. |
- ↑ Heliconius hecalesia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ TOLweb
Wikidata ☰ Q3129731 entry
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