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Heliconius ethilla

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Ethilia longwing
Heliconius ethilla narcaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species:
H. ethilla
Binomial name
Heliconius ethilla
(Godart, 1819)[1]
Range in blue
Synonyms
  • Heliconius metalilis var. flavidus Weymer, 1894
  • Heliconius ethilla metalilis f. depuncta Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909
  • Heliconia narcaea Godart, 1819
  • Mechanites ecrate Hübner, [1823]
  • Heliconius satis Weymer, 1875
  • Heliconius eucrate var. infuscata Staudinger, 1885
  • Heliconius narcaea ab. brunnescens Neustetter, 1907
  • Heliconius connexa Seitz, 1912
  • Eueides eucoma Hübner, [1831]
  • Eueides eucoma Hübner, 1816
  • Heliconius cephallenia C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Heliconius polychrous C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Heliconius physcoa Seitz, 1912
  • Heliconius metalilis Butler, 1873
  • Heliconius claudia Godman & Salvin, [1881]
  • Heliconius assimilis Röber, 1921
  • Heliconius mentor Weymer, 1883
  • Heliconius orchamus Weymer, 1912
  • Heliconius eucoma var. flavofasciatus Weymer, 1894
  • Heliconius narcaea var. flavomaculatus Weymer, 1894
  • Heliconius eucoma var. numismaticus Weymer, 1894
  • Heliconius metalilis var. semiflavidus Weymer, 1894
  • Heliconius eucoma var. daguanus Staudinger, [1897]
  • Heliconius eucoma var. juntana Riffarth, 1900
  • Heliconius tyndarus Weymer, 1897
  • Heliconius gradatus thielei Riffarth, 1900
  • Heliconius numatus isabellinus ab. fusca Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909
  • Heliconius quitalinus nebulosa Kaye, 1916
  • Heliconius aurotome f. clarus Michael, 1926 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793)

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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Heliconius ethilla Archived 2018-01-16 at the Wayback Machine. butterflycorner.net
  3. ^ Beltrán, Margarita (2010) Heliconius ethilla Godart 1819. The Tree of Life Web Project
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