Heliconius hecalesia

Five-spotted Longwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species: H. hecalesia
Binomial name
Heliconius hecalesia
Hewitson, 1853[1]
Subspecies

7, see text

Synonyms
  • Heliconia hecalesia Hewitson, [1854]
  • Heliconius formosus Bates, 1866
  • Heliconius octavia Bates, 1866
  • Heliconius hecalesia ernestus Brown & Benson, 1975

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.[2]

The wingspan is 5061 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

References

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