Heliconius_ethilla

<i>Heliconius ethilla</i>

Heliconius ethilla

Species of butterfly

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.

Quick Facts Ethilia longwing, Scientific classification ...

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

  • 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

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