heliconius by Massimo Demaio

timareta thelxinoe (Lamas & Mérot 2013)

co-mimic of melpomene amaryllis

MALE – Juanjui  ca. 700 m Peru 11/2009

VERSO surface

VERSO surface – red dots complex

timareta timareta – red dots complex

timareta timareta f. virgata – red dots complex

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See red star symbols in Neil Rosser maps

See: Genetic differentiation without mimicry shift in a pair of hybridizing Heliconius species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) CLAIRE MÉROT, JESÚS MAVÁREZ, ALLOWEN EVIN,KANCHON K. DASMAHAPATRA, JAMES MALLET, GERARDO LAMAS and MATHIEU JORON1″ – Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013

further specimens

FEMALE – Rioja San Martin Peru 1/2007

MALE – Rioja San Martin Peru 1/2007

MALE – Rioja San Martin Peru 1/2007

MALE – Rioja San Martin Peru 1/2007