Telesiphe longwing | |
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both H. t. sotericus in Ecuador | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Heliconius |
Species: | H. telesiphe |
Binomial name | |
Heliconius telesiphe (Doubleday, 1847) | |
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Heliconius telesiphe, the telesiphe longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1847. It is found at mid-elevations in the Andes. Its habitat is 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] This species assisted in the 1993 discovery of Passiflora telesiphe , a species in the subgenus Decaloba. [3]