Heliconius
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Oct 7, 2026
Benjamin BosterHOST
Several boundaries seen in the adult color pattern are marked by changes in the expression of particular transcription factors in the early pupa.
Benjamin BosterHOST
Many Heliconius butterflies also use their proboscis to feed on pollen.
Benjamin BosterHOST
In these species, only twenty percent of the amino acids used in reproduction come from larval feeding, which allow them to develop more quickly as caterpillars and gives them a longer lifespan of several months as adults.
Benjamin BosterHOST
The thorax of the butterfly is devoted to locomotion.
speaker_3NARRATOR
I hauled him in with careful glee, only to find a yellow oak leaf as my prize and the butterfly nowhere to be seen.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Down here many people call the Heliconius charitonius the convict.
speaker_3NARRATOR
I had thought this because of his stripes.
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I begin to think it is because of his ability to escape imprisonment.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
So scientists discover a butterfly that barely seems to age.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
And so this is about the, um, Heliconius butterflies.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
And so, you know, in learning about the butterflies, they're amazing.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
They live an extremely long amount of time, almost a full year, um, and they age really slowly compared to like their other relative, um, butterflies.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
They eat, um, you know, fly, uh, flower nectar, but also pollen.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
So that also could aid maybe in their, um, living long and their longevity.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
But even if you remove the pollen from their diet, it doesn't erase them living a very long time, even if you compare, um, the other species that's related to them, the Heliconius.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
Um, if you can compare the Heliconius hecale with the Dryas ilia, which I'm probably butchering, which is their relative, which doesn't, you know, live a long time, like barely a few weeks.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
So scientists discover a butterfly that barely seems to age.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
And so this is about the, um, Heliconius butterflies.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
And so, you know, in learning about the butterflies, they're amazing.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
They live an extremely long amount of time, almost a full year, um, and they age really slowly compared to like their other relative, um, butterflies.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
So that also could aid maybe in their, um, living long and their longevity.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
But even if you remove the pollen from their diet, it doesn't erase them living a very long time.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
Even if you compare, um, the other species that's related to them, the Heliconius, um, if you can compare the Heliconius hecale with the Dryas ilia, which I'm probably butchering, which is their relative, which doesn't, you know, live a long time, like barely a few weeks.
Na'ilah DawkinsHOST
The Heliconius hecale still outlives that butterfly relative.