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Heliconius hewitsoni Hewitson 1875

Heliconius sapho hewitsoni Hewitson 1875 [Lamas (2004) considers hewitsoni to be a subspecies of sapho, but the current phylogenetic hypothesis shows it to be sister taxon of sapho + congener + eleuchia (which Lamas views as species)]

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

Introduction

Heliconius hewitsoni is a cognate of H. sapho in the pupal-mating clade of Heliconius, with a restricted allopatric ditribution on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama. It is involved in Müllerian mimicry with H. pachinus.

Characteristics

A distinctive black butterfly with yellow transverse bands on fore- and hindwings. H. hewitsoni is very similar in general appearance to its Müllerian mimic H. pachinus. However, the two are easily separated as follows: the anterior part of the proximal yellow forewing band in H. hewistonii is in the discal cell, while in H. pachinus it is distal to the discal cell.

Geographical Distribution

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Distribution of Heliconius antiochus and Heliconius hewitsoni. © 2002 Margarita Beltran.

References

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

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA


University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Andrew V. Z. Brower at and Margarita Beltr?n at

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Beltrán, Margarita. 2008. Heliconius hewitsoni Hewitson 1875. Heliconius sapho hewitsoni Hewitson 1875 [Lamas (2004) considers hewitsoni to be a subspecies of sapho, but the current phylogenetic hypothesis shows it to be sister taxon of sapho + congener + eleuchia (which Lamas views as species)]. Version 10 June 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_hewitsoni/72941/2008.06.10 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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