FIGURE 70 in Alternative facts: a reconsideration of putatively natural interspecific hybrid specimens in the genus Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

FIGURE 70. Hybrid #38 (dorsal, ventral). Ecuador: Ríobamba, "1931. leg. Joicey." This locality was likely the point of shipment to Europe, rather than the collection locality, as Riobamba is above 2700m in the Andes and therefore not Heliconius habitat. The specimen is likely another Richard Haensch specimen, sent to Stichel or Riffarth, which came to the NHMUK via the Joicey bequest in 1931. Interpreted by Mallet et al. (2007) as H. melpomene cythera (Fig. 61) x H. cydno alithea (Fig. 62) F1 backcross to H. melpomene cythera, presumably on the basis of the white scales on the proximal edge of the forewing band. The yellow HWV stripe is also only faintly visible (an H. melpomene trait seen in intraspecific hybrid zones in eastern Panama). The pattern may be interpreted as Hybrid #33.