FIGURE 34 in Alternative facts: a reconsideration of putatively natural interspecific hybrid specimens in the genus Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

FIGURE 34. Hybrid #19 (dorsal, ventral). Colombia: Meta, Cubarral, 1979, leg. E. Schmidt-Mumm (IAvH). Interpreted by Mallet et al. (2007) as H. melpomene melpomene (Fig. 6) x H. ethilla nr. metalilis (Fig. 30) F1 backcross to H. ethilla. Presumably, the basis for this interpretation is the area of brownish scales apical to the yellow FW band, but many silvaniforms, including some races of H. ethilla, exhibit brown or tawny scales in the forewing apex. There do not appear to be any other characters suggesting a hybrid origin for this specimen. Note also the potential mislabeling problems reported by K. Willmott (see Hybrid #14).