FIGURE 71 in Alternative facts: a reconsideration of putatively natural interspecific hybrid specimens in the genus Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

FIGURE 71. Hybrid #39 (dorsal). Ecuador: Pichincha, San Miguel de los Bancos, 1993, leg. D. Kapan. 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 and white marginal spots on the forewing. The pattern may be interpreted the same as Hybrid #33. This specimen is notable as one of the few putative interspecific hybrids collected by a professional Heliconius biologist. Kapan collected a second specimen (Ecuador: Pichincha, El Padrino, 1994) (Hybrid #40) which Mallet et al. (2007) did not illustrate. Presumably it is similar to #39, and both are given the same scores here.