Heliconius hecalesia

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| name = Five-spotted longwing

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| taxon = Heliconius hecalesia

| authority = Hewitson, 1853[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/heliconius/index.html#hecalesia Heliconius hecalesia] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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• Heliconia hecalesia Hewitson, [1854]
• Heliconius formosus Bates, 1866
• Heliconius octavia Bates, 1866
• Heliconius hecalesia ernestus Brown & Benson, 1975

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Heliconius hecalesia, the five-spotted longwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Central America to Venezuela and Ecuador.[http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_hecalesia/72925 TOLweb]

The wingspan is 50–61 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on plants from the subgenera Tryphostemmatoides and Plectostemma, including Passiflora biflora and Passiflora lancearea. They are gregarious. Pupation takes place in a slate grey pupa with black markings.