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Five-spotted Heliconian
Plate 1 of 3. William Chapman Hewitson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist

Five-spotted Heliconian

Heliconius hecalesia

Heliconius hecalesia, the five-spotted longwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Central America to Venezuela and Ecuador.

The wingspan is 50–61 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 258078.