FIGURE 41 in Alternative facts: a reconsideration of putatively natural interspecific hybrid specimens in the genus Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

FIGURE 41. (dorsal, ventral). Hybrid specimen not included in Mallet et al. (2007). Peru, Rio Ucayali, Contamana, Oct. 2008, ex Bueche. Image source: http://www.heliconius.org/2013/two-more-heliconius-hybrids/ This specimen could be a dark H. pardalinus form (cf. Fig. 42), or perhaps a H. pardalinus x H. elevatus pseudocupidineus (compare forewing band of Fig. 3). According to the cited web page, Mallet apparently believed this specimen to be wild caught. However, the indicated source, Martin and Beatrice Bueche, are owners of Jardin du Papillons, in Hunawihr, Alcace, France, a butterfly house with captive Heliconius. See http://www.jardinsdespapillons.fr/