Longwing

Another interesting hybrid, this time Heliconius melpomene x Heliconius cydno (most probably galanthus). Again just some interesting links... "Backbreeding" to Heliconius melpomene: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gilbert/research/wingpattern/legends/fig4.html http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/dmp/reshelic.html http://www.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~hori/04bJigginsCD.html To make it even more complex: Remember this one? Heliconius cydno x Heliconius melpomene underside: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/extra/fav/private/1/display/32454663 No take the open wing shot: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/extra/fav/private/1/display/32438755 and compare with this one: http://tolweb.org/Heliconius_heurippa/72255 Everything clear, now ;-)... http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/#.U2U9VRBhhP4