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Heliconius ethilla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Heliconius

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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.

Contents

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)

    • References

    Heliconius ethilla Wikipedia
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