Heliconius cydno
Margarita Beltrán and Andrew V. Z. Brower
Introduction
Heliconius cydno is a polytypic species ranging from southern Mexico to western Ecuador, with a number of closely-related entities (including H. pachinus, H. heurippa, H. timareta and H. tristero) that have been described as separate species but may be differentiated geographical races or the results of introgressive hybridization. Patterns of gene flow between races of H. cydno and races of its close relative H. melpomene are the subject of much current research (e. g., Mavarez et al. 2006).
Geographical Distribution
Distribution of Heliconius cydno and related species. © Margarita Beltran
References
Brown, K. S., Jr. 1979 Ecologia Geográfica e Evolução nas Florestas Neotropicais. Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil: Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Linares, M. 1997 Origin of neotropical mimetic biodiversity from a three-way hybrid zone of Heliconius cydno butterflies. In Tropcal biodiversity and systematics. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biodiversity and Systematics in Tropical Ecosystems, Bonn, 1994. (ed. H. Ulrich), pp. 93-108. Bonn: Zoologisches Forschung Institut und Museum Alexander Koenig.
Mavarez, J., Salazar, C. A., Bermingham, E., Salcedo, C., Jiggins, C. D. & Linares, M. 2006 Speciation by hybridization in Heliconius butterflies. Nature 441, 868-871 + 11 supplementary pages.
Title Illustrations
This captive specimen of Heliconius cydno chioneus Bates is a member of a geographical race occurring in Costa Rica and Panama.
| Scientific Name | Heliconius cydno |
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| Location | Captive live butterfly photographed at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Comments | This captive specimen of Heliconius cydno chioneus Bates is a member of a geographical race occurring in Costa Rica and Panama. |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
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