Heliconius cydno subsp. cydno, cydno Doubleday, 1847

Brower, Andrew V. Z., 2018, Alternative facts: a reconsideration of putatively natural interspecific hybrid specimens in the genus Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Zootaxa 4499 (1), pp. 1-87 : 45-56

Other Colombian putative H. cydno x H. melpomene hybrids from the Magdalena Valley

Identity: 0.8

Authenticity: 0.8

Overall reliability: 0.64

Identity: 0.4

Authenticity: 0.4 (due to lack of locality data)

Overall reliability: 0.16

Putative H. melpomene x H. cydno hybrids from Chocó, Colombia

Hybrid #66 (not illustrated—see plate 35, #4b in Holzinger & Holzinger, 1994. —That figure, quite similar to Hybrid #43, shows a rusty-red distal forewing band on an otherwise rather typical—looking H. cydno phenotype). "W. Colombia" leg. E. Krüger. Holotype of H. cydno chioneus f. " eugenius " Niepelt, 1928. NMW(?). Interpreted (presumably on the basis of the locality data) by Mallet et al. (2007) as H. cydno chioneus ? ( Fig. 60 ) x H. melpomene vulcanus ( Fig. 102 ) F1 backcross to H. cydno . The available information on this specimen renders it impossible to interpret.

Identity: 0.0

Authenticity: 0.2

Overall reliability: 0.0

Identity: 0.2

Authenticity: 0.5

Overall reliability: 0.1

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.6 (poor locality data)

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.06

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 1.0

Overall reliability: 0.9

Identity: 0.6

Authenticity: 1.0

Overall reliability: 0.6

Identity: 0.6 (poor locality data)

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.06

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.9

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.09

Identity: 0.5

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.05

Identity: 0.5

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.05

Identity: 0.5

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.05

Identity: 0.8

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.08

Identity: 0.5

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.05

Identity: 0.5

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.05

Indentity: 0.5

Authenticity: 0.1

Overall reliability: 0.05

Figures

FIGURE 60. H. cydno chioneus Bates, 1864 (dorsal). Panama, M. Demaio coll. (image source: https:// cliniquevetodax.com/Heliconius/pages/cydno%20chioneus.html)

FIGURE 102. H. melpomene vulcanus Butler, 1865 (dorsal, ventral). Colombia: [Valle del Cauca], Río Dagua. This is one of the most striking forms of H. melpomene, with a bluish iridescence on the dorsal surface and a fine fringe of white scales on the wing margins. Also note that the transverse yellow HW band is only expressed on the ventral surface. (image source: https://cliniquevetodax.com/Heliconius/pages/melpomene%20vulcanus.html).