Heliconius ethilla
Appearance
Ethilia longwing | |
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Heliconius ethilla narcaea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Heliconius |
Species: | H. ethilla
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Binomial name | |
Heliconius ethilla | |
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Heliconius ethilla, the ethilia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.[2]
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.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- H. e. ethilla (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
[edit]- ^ "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Heliconius ethilla Archived 2018-01-16 at the Wayback Machine. butterflycorner.net
- ^ Beltrán, Margarita (2010) Heliconius ethilla Godart 1819. The Tree of Life Web Project
External links
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