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Heliconius Melpomene Melpomene Linnaeus, 1758

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distribution: Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela.....map

description: Background color is brownish black. Fore-wing with a broad red transverse band from costa to zone Cu1, elongated along vein Cu2. Red patch in the distal part of the cell. Hind-wing, except for the costal area, is plain brownish black.

similar species: Heliconius Erato Hydara