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''Heliconius pardalinus'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae native to South America.''Heliconius pardalinus''. (n.d.). Tree of Life Web Project (ToL). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_pardalinus/72902


Description

The yellow eggs are long and wide. The white caterpillar has black spots. The wingspan of the orange-red wings with brown spots is .


Hybrids

Hybridisation of ''Heliconius pardalinus'' and ''
Heliconius melpomene ''Heliconius melpomene'', the postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman, is a brightly colored butterfly found throughout Central and South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae' ...
'' resulted in the hybrid speciation of ''
Heliconius elevatus ''Heliconius elevatus'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Nöldner in 1901. It is found in the Amazon Basin. The habitat consists of riparian forests. The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on ''Passiflora ...
''.A new butterfly species was created by two species hybridising 200,000 years ago. (2024, April 17). Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB). Retrieved April 21, 2024, from https://leibniz-lib.de/en/2024-04-17-new-butterfly-species/


Etymology

The specific epithet ''pardalinus'' means leopard-spotted.Dictionary of Botanical Epithets. (o. D.). Retrieved 24 April 2024, von https://botanicalepithets.net/dictionary/dictionary.138.html


Distribution

''Heliconius pardalinus'' occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.


Ecology


Herbivory

''Heliconius pardalinus'' feeds on ''
Passiflora ''Passiflora'', known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly tendril-bearing vines, with some being shrubs or trees. They ...
''.


Habitat

It inhabits riparian forests at an elevation of up to above sea level.


References

pardalinus Nymphalidae of South America Lepidoptera of Peru Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Ecuador Lepidoptera of Bolivia Fauna of the Amazon Butterflies described in 1862 Taxa named by Henry Walter Bates {{Heliconiinae-stub