Appearance
The wingspan of "Heliconius eleuchia" can reach about 86 millimetres. These large butterflies have a slender body and long elongated front wings with a slightly concave inner edge. The basal half of the both wings is navy blue. Forewings are crossed by two yellow bands with irregular edges, running from the costal nervure to the inner angle and separating the apex from the rest of the wing. Hindwings have a large submarginal white area, crossed by black nervure. The underside presents the same ornamentation, but the forewings show a line of scarlet at the base and the hindwings have some scarlet spots in the basal area.Naming
Subspecies include:⤷ "Heliconius eleuchia eleuchia" - present in Costa Rica and in Colombia
⤷ "Heliconius eleuchia eleusinus" Staudinger, 1885 - present in Ecuador
⤷ "Heliconius eleuchia primularis" Butler, 1869 - present in C. in Ecuador
Distribution
This species is present Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador.Behavior
Caterpillars feed on "Passiflora macrophyllum". The males rest on females' pupae before emergence, and mating occurs the next morning.Habitat
It occurs in the riparian forest at an elevation up to 2,000 metres above sea level.References:
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