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heliconius New hybrid:<br /> <br /> The sci&shy;en&shy;tists in&shy;ter&shy;bred He&shy;li&shy;co&shy;nius cydno, which is black with white and yel&shy;low marks, with H. mel&shy;pom&shy;e&shy;ne, which is black with red, yel&shy;low and or&shy;ange marks. <br /> <br /> The out&shy;come was H. heurippa, an&shy;oth&shy;er spe&shy;cies, they found. A mix of the first two in both its ge&shy;nome and wing pat&shy;tern, H. heurippa al&shy;so oc&shy;curs nat&shy;u&shy;ral&shy;ly. Common postman,Heliconius melpomene Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

heliconius

New hybrid:

The sci­en­tists in­ter­bred He­li­co­nius cydno, which is black with white and yel­low marks, with H. mel­pom­e­ne, which is black with red, yel­low and or­ange marks.

The out­come was H. heurippa, an­oth­er spe­cies, they found. A mix of the first two in both its ge­nome and wing pat­tern, H. heurippa al­so oc­curs nat­u­ral­ly.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    So, the outcome is also on the photo, H. Heurippa? I identified it as such, but feel free to correct it. Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Stephen Philips's profile
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      fchristant,

      I changed the designation but it was removed again. How do I properly assign the species for this image?       Posted 10 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Identification is a community process, so it is indeed possible that other members change it, usually for good reasons. Anyway, if you think the current one is incorrect, which one do you think it should be? Note that the previous one you mentioned does not seem to have any record online, and therefore cannot be used. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
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    Ferdy Christant
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    Stephen, you requested "heurippa heliconius". Do you have a reference with info on that species. It's not even on eol.org, which usually is a sign of concern :) Posted 10 years ago
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      fchristant,

      this is where I found the data to support my request. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060614_hybrid.htm       Posted 10 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Thank you, unfortunately that page has no actual info on the species itself. I need a description as well as taxonomy data in order to create a species. Posted 10 years ago
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    error Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

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The Common postman

The postman butterfly, common postman, or simply postman is one of the heliconiine butterflies found from Mexico to northern South America. Several species in the genus have very similar markings and are difficult to distinguish.This is an example of mimicry.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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