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Heliconius elevatus

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Species of butterfly

Heliconius elevatus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species: H. elevatus
Binomial name
Heliconius elevatus
(Nöldner, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Heliconius elevatus f. griseoviridis Neustetter, 1938
  • Heliconia bari Oberthür, 1902
  • Heliconius melpomene thelxiope f. aquilina Neustetter, 1925
  • Heliconius elevatus f. nigromacula Neustetter, 1932
  • Heliconius elevatus f. nöldneri Neustetter, 1938

Heliconius elevatus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae native to the Amazon Basin.

Description

The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species. They reach a length of about 16 mm.

Taxonomy

Publication

It was published by Emil Nöldner in 1901.

Subspecies

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  • Heliconius elevatus elevatus (Peru)
  • Heliconius elevatus bari Oberthür, 1902 (French Guiana)
  • Heliconius elevatus lapis Lamas, 1976 (Peru)
  • Heliconius elevatus perchlora Joicey & Kaye, 1917 (Bolivia)
  • Heliconius elevatus pseudocupidineus Neustetter, 1931 (Peru)
  • Heliconius elevatus roraima Turner, 1966 (Guyana)
  • Heliconius elevatus schmidt-mummi Takahashi, 1977 (Brazil)
  • Heliconius elevatus schmassmanni Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Brazil: Mato Grosso, Rondônia)
  • Heliconius elevatus sonjae Neukirchen, 1997 (Brazil: Pará)
  • Heliconius elevatus taracuanus Bryk, 1953 (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Heliconius elevatus tumatumari Kaye, 1906 (Guyana)
  • Heliconius elevatus willmotti Neukirchen, 1997 (Ecuador)
  • Heliconius elevatus zoelleri Neukirchen, 1990 (Venezuela)

Hybrid speciation

Parent species of Heliconius elevatus Nöldner, 1901Heliconius pardalinus Bates, 1862Heliconius melpomene Linnaeus, 1758

Heliconius elevatus resulted from hybrid speciation involving the parent species Heliconius pardalinus and Heliconius melpomene.

Ecology

Herbivory

Heliconius elevatus feeds on Passiflora.

Habitat

It inhabits riparian forests at an elevation of 0-2000 m above sea level.

References

  1. ^ Heliconius elevatus. (n.d.). Tree of Life Web Project (ToL). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_elevatus/72900
  2. Heliconius elevatus Nöldner 1901 - Encyclopedia of Life. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://eol.org/pages/155439
  3. Nöldner, E. (1901). Zwei neue Heliconius beschrieben von E. Nöldner, Strassburg, Els. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 46.
  4. ^ A new butterfly species was created by two species hybridising 200,000 years ago. (2024, April 17). Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://leibniz-lib.de/en/2024-04-17-new-butterfly-species/
  5. ^ Rosser, N., Seixas, F., Queste, L.M. et al. Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07263-w
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Heliconius elevatus


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