Heliconius telesiphe

Telesiphe longwing
Scientific classification
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

The telesiphe longwing (Heliconius telesiphe) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by 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]

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