An unusual form of Heliconius cydno from Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae)

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by  Posla-Fuentes, M

92 POSLA-FUENTES: Costa Rican Heliconius c\dno TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA
TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA. 4(2): 92 NOTE
AN UNUSUAL FORM OF
HELICONIUS CYDNO
FROM COSTA RICA
(LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE: HELICONIINAE)
MARIO POSLA-FUENTES
ENTOCOS, 6 Ave.-Calles 15, 17, No. 1555. San Jose, Costa Rica
Fig. 1. Heliconius cydno forms captured at Sarapiqui River, Costa Rica: left pair dorsal surface, right pair ventral surface (<f above, ¥ below)
Two specimens of an unusual form of Heliconius cydno The differences between these specimens and the normal form
Doubleday were captured at the Sarapiqui River, northern Costa of H. cydno that occurs in the Sarapiqui area (galantlnts) is the
Rica: a female on February 4, 1993, and a male on February 12, straight red-brown distal band of the front wings.
1993. The female subsequently laid 7 eggs in tendrils of
Passiflora vitifolia (Passifloraceae) in captivity.