Heliconius hewitsoni
Heliconius sapho hewitsoni
Andrew V. Z. Brower and Margarita Beltrán
Introduction
Heliconius hewitsoni is a cognate of H. sapho in the pupal-mating clade of Heliconius, with a restricted allopatric ditribution on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama. It is involved in Müllerian mimicry with H. pachinus.
Characteristics
A distinctive black butterfly with yellow transverse bands on fore- and hindwings. H. hewitsoni is very similar in general appearance to its Müllerian mimic H. pachinus. However, the two are easily separated as follows: the anterior part of the proximal yellow forewing band in H. hewistonii is in the discal cell, while in H. pachinus it is distal to the discal cell.
Geographical Distribution
Distribution of Heliconius antiochus and Heliconius hewitsoni. © 2002 Margarita Beltran.
References
Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Heliconius hewitsoni |
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| Location | captive, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield, Missouri, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Andrew V. Z. Brower |
| Life Cycle Stage | adult |
| View | ventral |
| Source | Can you identify this? |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2008 capnr0n |
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- First online 18 February 2007
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