Male

 

wingspan : 82/92 mm


Heliconius hecale flies throughout tropical America and is a highly variable species ; in Holzinger (1994) there are 28 different subspecies, each one having a good number of forms !


in Ecuador (Oriente) flies H. h. quitalenus.


see  https://www.andean-butterflies-mapping-the-phenotypes.eu/heliconius-hecale/

Heliconius hecale cerca de Méndez
Heliconius hecale cerca de Méndez
Heliconius hecale cerca de Méndez
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