FIGURE 76 in Alternative facts: a reconsideration of putatively natural interspecific hybrid specimens in the genus Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

FIGURE 76. Hybrid #43 (dorsal, ventral). Colombia: Muzo, 400–800 m. 1907–1908, leg. Fassl. Holotype of H. emilius Weymer, 1912; Specimen housed in the NHMUK. Interpreted by Ackery & Smiles (1976) as a hybrid between H. melpomene melpomene and H. cydno cydno. Interpreted by Mallet et al. (2007) as a H. melpomene "{euryas}" (Fig. 73) x H. cydno cydno (Fig. 72) F1 (see nomenclatural notes under #41). Anton H. H. Fassl was a collector/dealer who supplied butterflies and beetles to various European collectors. The specimen lacks the FW hourglass mark in the discal cell and the yellow/red band is shifted distally towards the wing tip. The red coloration is brighter than that of previous specimens. On the HWV, the posterior brown forceps mark is absent and the submarginal white band is partly suppressed. All of these features are similar to the lab-reared F1 shown in Fig. 56, suggesting that it is an F1.