Heliconius telesiphe
| Heliconius telesiphe | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. telesiphe |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliconius telesiphe (Doubleday, 1874) | |
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Heliconius telesiphe, the telesiphe longwing, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Doubleday in 1874. It is found at mid-elevations in the Andes Mountains. The habitat consists of cloud forests.
The wingspan is 65–80 mm.[1] The species is part of a mimicry complex with Podotricha telesiphe.
The larvae mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Plectostemma.[2]
Subspecies
- Heliconius telesiphe telesiphe (Bolivia)
- Heliconius telesiphe cretacea Neustetter, 1916 (Peru)
- Heliconius telesiphe sotericus Salvin, 1871 (Ecuador, Peru)