Heliconius elevatus

Heliconius elevatus
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	Ventral view
Scientific 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.^[1]

Description

The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species. They reach a length of about 16 mm.^[1]

It was published by Emil Nöldner in 1901.^[2]^[3]

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)

Parent species of Heliconius elevatus Nöldner, 1901^[4]^[5]

Heliconius pardalinus Bates, 1862

Heliconius melpomene Linnaeus, 1758

Heliconius elevatus resulted from hybrid speciation involving the parent species Heliconius pardalinus and Heliconius melpomene.^[4]^[5]

Heliconius elevatus feeds on Passiflora.^[1]

It inhabits riparian forests at an elevation of 0-2000 m above sea level.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Heliconius elevatus. (n.d.). Tree of Life Web Project (ToL). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_elevatus/72900
^ Heliconius elevatus Nöldner 1901 - Encyclopedia of Life. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://eol.org/pages/155439
^ Nöldner, E. (1901). Zwei neue Heliconius beschrieben von E. Nöldner, Strassburg, Els. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 46.
^ ^a ^b 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/
^ ^a ^b 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