Heliconius ethilla

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Ethilia longwing
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species:
H. ethilla
Binomial name
Heliconius ethilla
(Godart, 1819) [1]
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Range in blue
Synonyms
  • Heliconius metalilis var. flavidusWeymer, 1894
  • Heliconius ethilla metalilis f. depunctaBoullet & Le Cerf, 1909
  • Heliconia narcaeaGodart, 1819
  • Mechanites ecrateHübner, [1823]
  • Heliconius satisWeymer, 1875
  • Heliconius eucrate var. infuscataStaudinger, 1885
  • Heliconius narcaea ab. brunnescensNeustetter, 1907
  • Heliconius connexaSeitz, 1912
  • Eueides eucomaHübner, [1831]
  • Eueides eucomaHübner, 1816
  • Heliconius cephalleniaC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Heliconius polychrousC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Heliconius physcoaSeitz, 1912
  • Heliconius metalilisButler, 1873
  • Heliconius claudiaGodman & Salvin, [1881]
  • Heliconius assimilisRöber, 1921
  • Heliconius mentorWeymer, 1883
  • Heliconius orchamusWeymer, 1912
  • Heliconius eucoma var. flavofasciatusWeymer, 1894
  • Heliconius narcaea var. flavomaculatusWeymer, 1894
  • Heliconius eucoma var. numismaticusWeymer, 1894
  • Heliconius metalilis var. semiflavidusWeymer, 1894
  • Heliconius eucoma var. daguanusStaudinger, [1897]
  • Heliconius eucoma var. juntanaRiffarth, 1900
  • Heliconius tyndarusWeymer, 1897
  • Heliconius gradatus thieleiRiffarth, 1900
  • Heliconius numatus isabellinus ab. fuscaBoullet & Le Cerf, 1909
  • Heliconius quitalinus nebulosaKaye, 1916
  • Heliconius aurotome f. clarusMichael, 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.

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. [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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References

  1. "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Heliconius ethilla. butterflycorner.net
  3. Beltrán, Margarita (2010) Heliconius ethilla Godart 1819. The Tree of Life Web Project