Heliconius elevatus

Heliconius elevatus
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. elevatus
Binomial name
Heliconius elevatus (Nöldner, 1901)
Synonyms
Heliconius elevatus f. griseoviridisNeustetter, 1938 Heliconia bariOberthür, 1902 Heliconius melpomene thelxiope f. aquilinaNeustetter, 1925 Heliconius elevatus f. nigromaculaNeustetter, 1932 Heliconius elevatus f. nöldneriNeustetter, 1938

Heliconius elevatus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae native to the Amazon Basin. ^[1]

Description

The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species. They reach a length of about 16 mm. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was published by Emil Nöldner in 1901. ^{[2] [3]}

Subspecies

• Heliconius elevatus elevatus (Peru)
• Heliconius elevatus bariOberthür, 1902 (French Guiana)
• Heliconius elevatus lapisLamas, 1976 (Peru)
• Heliconius elevatus perchloraJoicey & Kaye, 1917 (Bolivia)
• Heliconius elevatus pseudocupidineusNeustetter, 1931 (Peru)
• Heliconius elevatus roraimaTurner, 1966 (Guyana)
• Heliconius elevatus schmidt-mummiTakahashi, 1977 (Brazil)
• Heliconius elevatus schmassmanniJoicey & Talbot, 1925 (Brazil: Mato Grosso, Rondônia)
• Heliconius elevatus sonjaeNeukirchen, 1997 (Brazil: Pará)
• Heliconius elevatus taracuanusBryk, 1953 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• Heliconius elevatus tumatumariKaye, 1906 (Guyana)
• Heliconius elevatus willmotti Neukirchen, 1997 (Ecuador)
• Heliconius elevatus zoelleriNeukirchen, 1990 (Venezuela)

Hybrid speciation

Parent species of Heliconius elevatus Nöldner, 1901 ^{[4] [5]}

Heliconius pardalinus Bates, 1862

Heliconius melpomene Linnaeus, 1758

Heliconius elevatus resulted from hybrid speciation involving the parent species Heliconius pardalinus and Heliconius melpomene . ^{[4] [5]}

Ecology

Herbivory

Heliconius elevatus feeds on Passiflora . ^[1]

Habitat

It inhabits riparian forests at an elevation of 0-2000 m above sea level. ^[1]

References

1. Heliconius elevatus. (n.d.). Tree of Life Web Project (ToL). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_elevatus/72900
2. Heliconius elevatus Nöldner 1901 - Encyclopedia of Life. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://eol.org/pages/155439
3. Nöldner, E. (1901). Zwei neue Heliconius beschrieben von E. Nöldner, Strassburg, Els. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 46.
4. A new butterfly species was created by two species hybridising 200,000 years ago. (2024, April 17). Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://leibniz-lib.de/en/2024-04-17-new-butterfly-species/ Archived 2024-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
5. Rosser, N., Seixas, F., Queste, L.M. et al. Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07263-w

• Heliconius elevatus in uniprot