Heliconia bari
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. elevatus |
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Heliconius elevatus (Nöldner, 1901) |
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Heliconius elevatus is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Nöldner in 1901. It is found in the Amazon Basin. The habitat consists of riparian forests.
The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Granadilla. Full-grown larvae have a white body with black spots and an orange head. They reach a length of about 16 mm.
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