Heliconiidae Butterfly Colour Plates

Heliconiidae Host Plants

Corchorus siliquosus / Jackswitch, Woolly Corchorus
Passiflora caerula / Blue Passion Flower
Passiflora cupraea
Passiflora edulis / Passion Fruit, Purple Granadilla
Passiflora laurifolia / Golden Apple; Water Lemon
Passiflora suberosa / Wild pumpkin; Corky Stem
Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

Heliconiidae Nectar Plants

Bidens alba var. radiata / Spanish Needles
Chromolaena odorata / Jack in the Bush
Cordia sebestena var. caymanensis / Cordia, Broad Leaf
Delonix regia / Poinciana; Flamboyant Tree
Jatropha
Lantana aculeata / Lantana
Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

Heliconiidae Habitat

They are often seen on dry, lowland shrubs.

Passiflora suberosa
Wild pumpkin; Corky Stem