Heliconiinae

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Heliconiinae

Mimicry in Heliconius

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked)	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Heliconiinae

Tribes

Acraeini
Heliconiini
Pardopsini
and see text.

Synonyms

Heliconiidae

The butterfly Vindula arsinoe

The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the butterfly family Nymphalidae. They are sometimes treated as a separate family (Heliconiidae) within the Papilionoidea.

Heliconians are found mostly in the tropical Americas. Most species feed on poisonous Passiflora vines as larvae, and adults broadcast their acquired toxicity with strong warning (or aposomatic) colors.

Species include:

Agraulis vanillae - Gulf Fritillary
Argyreus hyperbius - Indian Fritillary
Eueides isabella - Isabella's Heliconian
Dryas iulia - Julia Heliconian
Heliconius sara - Sara Longwing
Heliconius charithonia - Zebra Longwing
Heliconius cydno - Cydno Longwing
Heliconius erato - Red Postman
Heliconius hecale - Tiger Longwing
Heliconius heurippa
Cethosia cyane - Leopard Lacewing, an Old World species

[edit] Systematics

Tribe Acraeini

Acraea
Actinote
Cethosia

Tribe Heliconiini

Subtribe Heliconiina
- Agraulis
- Dione
- Dryadula
- Dryas
- Eueides
- Heliconius
- Philaethria
- Podotricha
Subtribe Argynnina
- Argynnis
- Argyreus
- Argyronome
- Brenthis
- Childrena
- Damora
- Fabriciana
- Issoria
- Speyeria
Subtribe Boloriina
- Boloria
- Clossiana
- Proclossiana
Heliconiini incertae sedis
- Cirrochroa
- Cupha
- Euptoieta
- Kuekenthaliella
- Lachnopter
- Paduca
- Phalanta
- Smerina
- Terinos
- Vagrans
- Vindula

Tribe Pardopsini

Pardopsis

Heliconiinae incertae sedis

Altinote
Bematistes
Miyana

[edit] References

Miller, L. D., and Miller, J. Y. (2004). The Butterfly Handbook, p. 130. Barron's Educational Series, Inc.; Hauppauge, New York. ISBN 0-7641-5714-0
Savela, M. (2005). Heliconiinae. Retrieved September 26, 2005 from 1