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Telesiphe longwing
Scientific classification
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

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

References

^ Heliconius telesiphe telesiphe. Inventory of the Butterflies of Sangay National Park (Ecuador)
^ Heliconius telesiphe. Tree of Life Web Project.
^ Knapp, S., and J. Mallet. 1998. A New Species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Ecuador with notes on the natural history of its herbivore, Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiiti). Novon 162-166.

External links

Heliconius telesiphe Insecta.pro: international entomological community

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[1] Heliconius telesiphe telesiphe. Inventory of the Butterflies of Sangay National Park (Ecuador)

[2] Heliconius telesiphe. Tree of Life Web Project.

[knapp-3] Knapp, S., and J. Mallet. 1998. A New Species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Ecuador with notes on the natural history of its herbivore, Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiiti). Novon 162-166.

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