Heliconius antiochus

The synonym Papilio antiochus was also applied (invalidly) to the species now known as Catonephele acontius

Heliconius antiochus
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. antiochus
Binomial name
Heliconius antiochus (Linnaeus, 1767) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio antiochusLinnaeus, 1767 (nec Fabricius) Heliconius zobeideButler, 1869 Heliconius antiochus ab. divisusStaudinger, [1897] Heliconius antiochus ab. albaRiffarth, 1900 Heliconius antiochus alba ab. trimaculataKrüger, 1933 Papilio araneaFabricius, 1793 Heliconius salviniiDewitz, 1877 Heliconius antiochus var. araneidesStaudinger, 1897

Heliconius antiochus, the Antiochus longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767. It is found from Panama to the Amazon region. The habitat consists of riparian forests. ^[2]

Subspecies

• Heliconius antiochus antiochus (Venezuela to Peru)
• Heliconius antiochus aranea(Fabricius, 1793) (Venezuela)
• Heliconius antiochus araneidesStaudinger, 1897 (Venezuela)
• Heliconius antiochus salviniiDewitz, 1877 (Venezuela)

References

1. "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. TOL

• Heliconius antiochus in UniProt