Heliconius hecalesia, the five-spotted longwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Central America to Venezuela and Ecuador.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. hecalesia
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| Heliconius hecalesia | |
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The wingspan is 50–61 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.
The larvae feed on plants from the subgenera Tryphostemmatoides and Plectostemma, including Passiflora biflora and Passiflora lancearea. They are gregarious. Pupation takes place in a slate grey pupa with black markings.
Subspecies edit
- H. h. hecalesia (Colombia)
- H. h. formosus Bates, 1866 (Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua)
- H. h. octavia Bates, 1866 (Guatemala)
- H. h. gynaesia Hewitson, 1875
- H. h. longarena Hewitson, 1875 (Colombia)
- H. h. eximius Stichel, 1923 (Colombia)
- H. h. romeroi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Heliconius hecalesia.
- ^ Heliconius hecalesia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ TOLweb
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