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Heliconius numata, the numata longwing, is a brush-footed butterfly species native to most of South America, known for its mimicry of Melinaea butterflies. Both H. numata and the species of Melinaea it resembles are unpalatable to predators, making this a case of Müllerian mimicry, a mutualistic reinforcement of the same negative signal.

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  • Heliconius numata, the numata longwing, is a brush-footed butterfly species native to most of South America, known for its mimicry of Melinaea butterflies. Both H. numata and the species of Melinaea it resembles are unpalatable to predators, making this a case of Müllerian mimicry, a mutualistic reinforcement of the same negative signal.
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  • Numata longwing
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  • *Heliconius aristiona tarapotensis ( Riffarth, 1901)
  • *Heliconius aristiona messene f. juncta (Neustetter, 1925)
  • *Eueides pione ( Hübner, 1816)
  • *Heliconia arcuella (Druce, 1874)
  • *Heliconia aristiona ( Hewitson,[1853])
  • *Heliconia numilia ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
  • *Heliconius aganippe ( Riffarth, 1901)
  • *Heliconius arethusa (Riffarth, 1901)
  • *Heliconius aristiona ( lepidus Riffarth, 1907)
  • *Heliconius aristiona colombiana ( Apolinar, 1927)
  • *Heliconius aristiona euphorbius (Stichel, 1923)
  • *Heliconius aulicus ( Weymer, 1883)
  • *Heliconius aurora ( Bates, 1862)
  • *Heliconius bicoloratus ( Butler, 1873)
  • *Heliconius colepta ( Riffarth, 1901)
  • *Heliconius diffusus ( Butler, 1873)
  • *Heliconius dryalus ( Hopffer, 1869)
  • *Heliconius elegans ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius eupharius ( Weymer, 1890)
  • *Heliconius euphone ( C. & R. Felder, 1862)
  • *Heliconius euphone ab. confluxus ( Seitz, 1916)
  • *Heliconius euphone ab. nephele ( Seitz, 1916)
  • *Heliconius floridus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius geminatus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius gordius ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius gradatus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius idalion ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius insolitus ( Avinoff, 1926)
  • *Heliconius lenaeus ( Weymer, 1891)
  • *Heliconius leopardus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius lyrcaeus ( Weymer, 1891)
  • *Heliconius messene ( C. & R. Felder, 1862)
  • *Heliconius mirus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius mirus var. illustris ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius mixta ( Apolinar, 1927)
  • *Heliconius novatus artemis ( Riffarth, 1907)
  • *Heliconius novatus subnutilus ( Stichel, 1906)
  • *Heliconius nubifer ( Butler, 1875)
  • *Heliconius numata var. guiensis ( Riffarth, 1900)
  • *Heliconius numata var. isabellinus ( Bates, 1862)
  • *Heliconius numata var. maecenas ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius numata var. melanops ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius numatus laura ( Neustetter, 1932)
  • *Heliconius numatus praelautus ( Stichel, 1906)
  • *Heliconius numatus sincerus ( Riffarh, 1907)
  • *Heliconius seraphion ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius sikinos ( Riffarth, 1901)
  • *Heliconius silvana atakama ( Neustetter, 1931)
  • *Heliconius silvana mirificus ( Stichel, 1906)
  • *Heliconius silvana var. divisus ( Kaye, 1906)
  • *Heliconius spadicarius ( Weeks, 1901)
  • *Heliconius staudingeri ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius superioris ( Butler, 1875)
  • *Heliconius superioris var. mavors ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius timaeus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius tleson ( Riffarth, 1901)
  • *Helicons novatus obscurior ( Stichel, 1906)
  • *Papilio numata (Cramer,[1780])
  • *Papilio silvana ( Stoll,[1781])
  • *Heliconius aristiona aurora f. deflavata ( Neustetter, 1932)
  • *Heliconius aristiona aurora f. michaeli ( Neustetter, 1931)
  • *Heliconius numata f. melanopors ( Joicey & Kaye, 1917)
  • *Heliconius staudingeri var. pretiosus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius numata silvaniformis ( Joicey & Kaye, 1917)
  • *Heliconius aristiona var. splendidus ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius numata superioris ab. translata ( Joicey & Kaye, 1917)
  • *Heliconius aristiona var. peruana ( Hopffer, 1879)
  • *Heliconius ethra ab. brasiliensis ( Neustetter, 1907)
  • *Heliconius numata isabellinus f. intermedia ( Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909)
  • *Heliconius aristiona idalion f. excelsa ( Neustetter, 1932)
  • *Heliconius idalion f. confluens ( Neustetter, 1912)
  • *Heliconius aristiona staudingeri f. lutea ( Neustetter, 1931)
  • *Heliconius bicoloratus var. phalaris ( Weymer, 1894)
  • *Heliconius aristiona timaeus f. aristeus ( Neustetter, 1931)
  • *Heliconius aristiona lepidus f. gracilis ( Riffarth, 1907)
  • *Heliconius novatus f. confluens ( Neustetter, 1931)
  • *Heliconius aristiona messene f. euphrasinus ( Neustetter, 1928)
  • *Heliconius ethra var. hopfferi ( Neustetter, 1907)
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