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Eueides heliconioides C. Felder & R. Felder 1861

Margarita Beltrán and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Eueides

Introduction

A geographically variable species with many forms that are surprisingly good mimics of red-and-yellow rayed Heliconius species

Geographical Distribution

Eueides heliconioides is distributed in the Upper Amazonian regions of Peru and Bolivia (Brown, 1981).

Habits

E. heliconioides occurs from 200 to 1,800 m in forest clearings. Usually individuals fly rapidly in the middlestory (Brown, 1981).

Geographical Races


There are additional names for various phenotypes deemed by Lamas (2004) to be infrasubspecific and synonymous with a polytypic nominate subspecies, as follows:


Holzinger & Holzinger (1993) suggest that at least some of these have discrete distributions, particularly in the upper reaches of a number of Peru's major rivers where they are sympatric and appear to be involved in mimicry with various Altinote species. These may eventually warrant elevation to subspecific status.

Other Names for Eueides heliconioides C. Felder & R. Felder 1861

References

Brown K. S. 1981 The Biology of Heliconius and related genera. Annual Review of Entomology 26, 427-456.

Felder C. and Rudolf F. 1861 Lepidoptera nova Columbiae. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 5(3): 72-87 (March), (4): 97-111 (April)

Holzinger, H. & Holzinger, R. 1992 (1993) Eueides eanes koenigi eine neue Subspezies aus Zentralperu (Lepidoptera, Heliconidae). Zeit. Arbeits. Österr. Ent. 44, 95-98.

Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

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Scientific Name Eueides heliconioides eanes
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Collection Gerardo Lamas
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Scientific Name Eueides heliconioides eanes
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
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Collection Gerardo Lamas
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University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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