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Heliconius nattereri C. Felder & R. Felder 1865

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

Introduction

Heliconius nattereri is the rarest Heliconius species, occurring in small remnant pockets of the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil. It is also the only Heliconius with sexually dimorphic wing patterns: the two sexes were originally described as separate species.

Geographical Distribution

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Distribution of Heliconius nattereri and Heliconius hierax. © 2002 Margarita Beltran.

References

Brown, K. S., Jr. 1970 Rediscovery of Heliconius nattereri in eastern Brazil. Entomol. News 81, 129-140.

Brown, K. S., Jr. 1972 The heliconians of Brazil (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Ecology and biology of Heliconius nattereri, a key primitive species near extinction, and comments on the evolutionary development of Heliconius and Eueides. Zoologica NY 57, 41-69.

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University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK


Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Beltrán, Margarita and Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Heliconius nattereri C. Felder & R. Felder 1865. Version 18 September 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_nattereri/72908/2007.09.18 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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