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