hecale 1
hecale 2
H. hecale fornarina (W.C. Hewitson, 1854)
forms: bouvieri (E. Boullet & F.L. Le Cerf, 1909), styx (F.W. Niepelt, 1921)
MALE – Mexico
FEMALE – San Jeronimo Chiapas Mexico mt600, 10/7/1975(9?)
aberration – MALE – Guerrero Mexico 5/2006
aberration – FEMALE – Guerrero Mexico 5/2006
aberration – MALE – Guerrero Mexico 4/2006
aberration – FEMALE – Guerrero Mexico 5/2006
Maybe these aberrations are indeed a form of fornarina or a new subspecies: they occur at the northern limit of typical fornarina diffusion area, they have a different wing shape, thicker body, reduced yellow FW band and lack some spots, including the HW ones for females.
fornarina x zuleika – MALE – San Jeronimo Chiapas, Mexico mt600, 2/8/1985
H. hecale zuleika (W.C. Hewitson, 1854)
forms: jucundus (H.W. Bates, 1864), chrysantis (F.D. Godman & O. Salvin, 1881), albipunctata (H.H. Riffarth, 1900), dentata (H. Neustetter, 1907), xanthicus (H.W. Bates, 1864)
MALE – Limon Prov., Puerto Viejo Costa Rica 3/1984
MALE – butterfly colony, Osa Costa Rica 29/9/2004
f. xanthicus MALE – Veraguas Santa Fe, Bermejo Panama 2013
f. xanthicus MALE – Veraguas Santa Fe, Bermejo Panama 2013
f. dentata x fornarina – Mariposario Azul La Guacima, Alajuela, Costa Rica 2012
hybrid zuleika x melicerta (see large orange area FW base) – Veraguas Santa Fe, Bermejo Panama 2013
zuleika f.? FEMALE – Veraguas Santa Fe, Bermejo Panama 12/2007
H. hecale discomaculatus ? (G. Weymer, 1891)
MALE – Escuintla Guatemala 1/2006 – see H&H Pl. 13, 1c
FEMALE – El Refugio Ahuachapan, 250m c.s.l El Salvador – aberrant white HW fringes
MALE – El Salvador
MALE – S.to Domingo de Guzman Sonsonate El Salvador 1997
H. hecale melicerta (H.W. Bates, 1866)
forms: albucilla (H.W. Bates, 1866), zygia (H.H. Riffarth, 1907), muzoënsis (H. Neustetter, 1909)
MALE – Colombia
FEMALE – Santo Paraiso Colombia 11/1984
MALE – Otanche Colombia 2008
f. zygia – MALE – Veraguas Santa Fe, Bermejo 12/2007 Panama
melicerta x annetta? – FEMALE – Otanche Colombia 2008
melicerta x annetta f. ‘muzoensis’ – Colombia
melicerta x annetta f. ‘muzoensis’ – VERSO surface
H. hecale holcophorus (O. Staudinger, 1897)
forms: semiphorus (O. Staudinger, 1897), eucherius (G. Weymer, 1906)
MALE – Cali Colombia 7/1968
f. semiphorus – MALE – Boyacà Otanche Colombia 1997
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H. hecale australis (K.S. Brown, 1976)
MALE – Dept. Pichincha 600-1200m Ecuador 6/2006
MALE – Chuchuvi Esmeraldas Ecuador 10/2016
H. hecale hecale (J.C. Fabricius, 1776)
forms: fulvescens (P.I. Lathy, 1906)
MALE – Demerara River, Guyana 7/1999
natural GYNANDROMORPH – Trinidad & Tobago 3/1992
H. hecale clearei (A. Hall, 1930)
MALE – El Dorado ca. 300 mt Venezuela 9/1995
FEMALE – El Dorado ca. 300 mt Venezuela 9/1995
H. hecale anderida (W.C. Hewitson, [1853])
forms: rebeli H. Neustetter, 1907, estebana W.J. Kaye, 1914
MALE – Rio Caura Venezuela 5/2016
f. rebeli – FEMALE – Rio Caura Venezuela 5/2016
H. hecale annetta (H.H. Riffarth, 1900)
MALE – Venezuela
FEMALE – Doradas Tachira Venezuela 9/1994
f. estebana – FEMALE – Merida Venezuela 2/1992
rosalesi (K.S. Brown & F. Fernández, 1976)
- MALE – Tachira Venezuela 6/2021
H. hecale ithaca (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
forms: vittatus A.G. Butler, 1873, marius G. Weymer, 1890, cajetani H. Neustetter, 1909, hero G. Weymer, 1912, indecisa J.J. Joicey & W.J. Kaye, 1917, sulphureofasciata H. Neustetter, 1925, nigroapicalis H. Neustetter, 1925
- f. vittatus / nigroapicalis? – MALE – Meta Villavicencio Colombia 8/1975