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Eleuchia Longwing
Heliconius eleuchia
Heliconius eleuchia, the white-edged longwing, is a species of Heliconius butterfly described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1853.
From the article Heliconius eleuchia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan of Heliconius eleuchia can reach about 86 millimetres (3.4 in). These large butterflies have a slender body and long elongated front wings with a slightly concave inner edge. The basal half of the both wings is navy blue. Forewings are crossed by two yellow bands with irregular edges, running from the costal nervure to the inner angle and separating the apex from the rest of the wing. Hindwings have a large submarginal white area, crossed by black nervure. The underside presents the same ornamentation, but the forewings show a line of scarlet at the base and the hindwings have some scarlet spots in the basal area.
Range & habitat
This species is present Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador. It occurs in the riparian forest at an elevation up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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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 336148.