[2] This butterfly has black wings with two white stripes on the forewing.

The undersides of the wings are similar but also contain small red patches close to the body.

[3] The caterpillar is yellow and green and consumes Passifloraceae.

It pupates in groups in a chrysalis that is pale yellow to pale brown and covered in black veins and spines.

[4] Heliconius hewitsoni can be found on the Pacific Slope of western Panama and Costa Rica.