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    Telesiphe Longwing (Heliconius telesiphe)

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    Telesiphe longwing
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    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Family: Nymphalidae
    Genus: Heliconius
    Species:
    H. telesiphe
    Binomial name
    Heliconius telesiphe
    (Doubleday, 1847)
    Synonyms
    • Heliconia telesiphe Doubleday, 1847
    • Heliconius sotericus Salvin, 1871
    • Heliconius telesiphe ab. nivea Kaye, 1916

    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]

    Subspecies

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    • Heliconius telesiphe telesiphe (Bolivia)
    • Heliconius telesiphe cretacea Neustetter, 1916 (Peru)
    • Heliconius telesiphe sotericus Salvin, 1871 (Ecuador, Peru)

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