Male

 

wingspan : 70/80 mm


Heliconius hecuba apparently flies at elevations of about 2000 meters,


very localised. it flies with Elzunia humboldt in the 9 de Octubre and the Rio Negro areas, the two species being quite similar ; but the two forms that fly near Rio Negro are quite different from those from 9 de Octubre !


Heliconius hecuba has many subspecies (or forms ?) with small and intricate geographic zones; the form from Quebrada Cugusha could be bomplandi ? so could be the one from rio Paute even if it is always slightly different ?   see https://www.sangay.eu/en/fiche-papillon/011-Heliconiidae/_/_/015-Heliconius/025-hecuba/choarina+

Heliconius hecuba cerca de 9 de Octubre
Heliconius hecuba a Guarumales, 1800 m
Heliconius hecuba a Guarumales, con Elzunia humboldt
Heliconius hecuba a Guarumales, 1800 m

Sangay National Park, from North to South

alto valle del Pastaza
Sardinayacu
zona de 9 de Octubre
valle del río Paute
alto valle del Pastaza
Sardinayacu
zona de 9 de Octubre
valle del río Paute
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