FIGURE 90 in Alternative facts: a reconsideration of putatively natural interspecific hybrid specimens in the genus Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

FIGURE 90. Hybrid #56 (dorsal, ventral). Colombia: Boyacá, Otanche, 2001, Le Crom Collection. Interpreted by Mallet et al. (2007) as a H. melpomene "{euryas}" (Fig. 73) x H. cydno cydno (Fig. 72) F1 backcross to H. cydno (see nomenclatural notes under Hybrid #41), due to the strongly expressed HW submarginal band. The brick-red distal forewing patch is the only "melpomene-like" character. The lack of detailed information about the circumstances under which the specimen was obtained (the supposed collector, J. Urbina, is followed by a question mark on the specimen's data label) and the fact that the Le Crom collection contains so many striking hybrids, suggests a commercial origin, and that the specimen may not have been collected in the wild.