Male

 

wingspan : 78 mm


Heliconius numata is a butterfly from the Amazon Basin, and it enjoys an incredible number of subspecies - thirty in Holzinger’s book !


Heliconius numata bicoloratus flies in the Oriente in Ecuador and Peru (Holzinger 1994).


seen near Puyo, at rio Shankaime,near Pablo Sexto and Sucúa.


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

Heliconius numata bicoloratus sobre Heliconia schumanniana cerca de Canelos
Heliconius numata bicoloratus cerca de Puyo
Heliconius numata bicoloratus cerca de Puyo
Heliconius numata bicoloratus cerca de Puyo
Heliconius numata bicoloratus cerca de Pablo Sexto
Heliconius numata bicoloratus al río Tutamangosa
Heliconius numata bicoloratus al río Anzu
Heliconius numata bicoloratus cerca de Puyo
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