Heliconius telesiphe, the telesiphe longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1847. It is found at mid-elevations in the Andes. Its habitat is cloud forests.
The wingspan is 65–80 mm.Heliconius telesiphe telesiphe. Inventory of the Butterflies of Sangay National Park (Ecuador) The species is part of a mimicry complex with Podotricha telesiphe.
The larvae mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Plectostemma.Heliconius telesiphe. Tree of Life Web Project. This species assisted in the 1993 discovery of Passiflora telesiphe, a species in the subgenus Decaloba.Knapp, S., and J. Mallet. 1998. A New Species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Ecuador with notes on the natural history of its herbivore, Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiiti). Novon 162-166.
Subspecies Heliconius telesiphe telesiphe (Bolivia) Heliconius telesiphe cretacea Neustetter, 1916 (Peru) Heliconius telesiphe sotericus Salvin, 1871 (Ecuador, Peru)
References
External links Heliconius telesiphe Insecta.pro: international entomological community