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H. wallacei
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Heliconius wallacei
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- Heliconius clytia ab. parvimaculata Riffarth, 1900
- Heliconius clytia f. flavescens ab. wucherpfennigi Krüger, 1933
- Heliconius wallacei ab. erichi Krüger, 1933
- Heliconius mimulinus Butler, 1873
- Heliconius clytia var. colon Weymer, 1891
- Heliconius clytia var. sulphurea Staudinger, [1897]
- Heliconius hagar Kirby, [1900]
- Heliconius wallacei f. quadrimaculata Neustetter, 1925
- Heliconius clytia f. flavescens ab. graphitica Krüger, 1933
- Heliconius wallacei f. inez Stammeshaus, 1982
- Heliconius clytia var. colon Weymer, 1891
- Papilio clytia Cramer, 1776 (preocc. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Heliconius clytia var. elsa Riffarth, 1899
- Heliconius wallacei brevimaculata ab. halli Kaye, 1919
- Heliconius wallacei latus Kaye, 1925 (preocc. Riffarth, 1900)
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Heliconius wallacei, Wallace's Longwing, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Reakirt in 1866. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to southern Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.[2]
The wingspan is 70-75 mm.[3]
The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Distephana. Full-grown larvae have a maroon body and a brown head and reach a length of about 10 mm.[4]
