Inventory of the butterfly species of Cotacachi Cayapas ecological reserve - Ecuador

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Male

 

wingspan : 79/85 mm


Heliconius hecale ssp, Calderón, Quinindé, finca de Goulaine ; this butterfly is closer to H. h. melicertes from Colombia than to H. h. australis from Western Ecuador ?


see  https://www.andean-butterflies-mapping-the-phenotypes.eu/heliconius-hecale/

Heliconius hecale ssp a Calderón
Heliconius hecale ssp (derecha) con muy parecido H. ismenius metaphorus
Heliconius hecale ssp (oruga) a la finca de Goulaine
Heliconius hecale ssp (oruga) a la finca de Goulaine
Heliconius hecale ssp a la finca de Goulaine
Heliconius hecale ssp al río Silanche
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