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Heliconius telesiphe

Heliconius telesiphe

Doubleday, 1847

Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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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. The species is part of a mimicry complex with Podotricha telesiphe.

The larvae mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Plectostemma. This species assisted in the 1993 discovery of Passiflora telesiphe, a species in the subgenus Decaloba.

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

Source: Wikipedia, article Heliconius telesiphe. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 498637
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Abra Málaga
Cuzco
Peru
04/09/2022
Marcos Augusto Lartigau



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
160388309/04/2022PeruCuzcoSan Luis, Abra MálagaMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Heliconius telesiphe – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 18/09/2026.