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Heliconius wallacei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Heliconius

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Heliconius antiochus, Heliconius burneyi, Heliconius ricini, Heliconius demeter, Heliconius telesiphe

Heliconius wallacei, the Wallace's longwing, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Tryon Reakirt in 1866. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to southern Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

The wingspan is 70–75 mm.

The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Distephana. Full-grown larvae have a maroon body and a brown head and reach a length of about 10 mm.

Subspecies

  • H. w. wallacei (Brazil: Pará)
  • H. w. araguaia Brown, 1976 (Brazil: Goiás)
  • H. w. colon Weymer, 1891 (Surinam, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • H. w. flavescens Weymer, 1891 (Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Bolivia)
  • H. w. kayei Neustetter, 1929 (Trinidad)
  • H. w. mimulinus Butler, 1873 (Colombia)

    • References

    Heliconius wallacei Wikipedia
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