Heliconius ethilla

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Heliconius

Similar Heliconius ethilla narcaea, Heliconius wallacei, Heliconius elevatus, Heliconius burneyi, Heliconius demeter

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Heliconius ethilla, the ethilia longwing, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found from Panama to southern Brazil. The habitat consists of marginal forests.

The wingspan is 60–70 mm. The forewings are orange with a black margin and four black spots. The hindwings are orange with two black stripes.

The larvae feed on Passiflora species. Full-grown larvae have a white body with an orange head and reach a length of about 17 mm.

Heliconius ethilla narcaea

Subspecies

H. e. ethilla (Venezuela, Trinidad)

H. e. adela Neustetter, 1912 (Peru)

H. e. aerotome C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Brazil: Amazonas)

H. e. cephallenia C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Surinam)

H. e. chapadensis Brown, 1973 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

H. e. claudia Godman & Salvin, 1881 (Panama)

H. e. eucoma (Hübner, [1831]) (Peru to Panama)

H. e. flavofasciatus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil: Pará)

H. e. flavomaculatus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil: Pernambuco)

H. e. hyalina Neustetter, 1928 (Brazil: Roraima)

H. e. jaruensis Brown, 1976 (Brazil: Rondônia)

H. e. latona Neukirchen, 1998 (Colombia)

H. e. mentor Weymer, 1883 (Colombia)

H. e. metalilis Butler, 1873 (Venezuela)

H. e. michaelianius Lamas, 1988 (Peru)

H. e. narcaea Godart, 1819 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)

H. e. nebulosa Kaye, 1916 (Peru)

H. e. neukircheni Lamas, 1998 (Peru)

H. e. numismaticus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil:Pará)

H. e. penthesilea Neukirchen, 1994 (Brazil: Amazonas)

H. e. polychrous C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Brazil: São Paulo)

H. e. semiflavidus Weymer, 1894 (Colombia)

H. e. thielei Riffarth, 1900 (French Guiana)

H. e. tyndarus Weymer, 1897 (Bolivia)

H. e. yuruani Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

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Heliconius ethilla narcaea

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