Heliconius ethilla

Heliconius ethilla
Plate showing mimicry.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. ethilla
Binomial name
Heliconius ethilla (Godart, 1819)[1]
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 Nymphalidae family. It was described by 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

• Heliconius ethilla ethilla (Venezuela, Trinidad)
• Heliconius ethilla adela Neustetter, 1912 (Peru)
• Heliconius ethilla aerotome C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• Heliconius ethilla cephallenia C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Surinam)
• Heliconius ethilla chapadensis Brown, 1973 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
• Heliconius ethilla claudia Godman & Salvin, 1881 (Panama)
• Heliconius ethilla eucoma (Hübner, [1831]) (Peru to Panama)
• Heliconius ethilla flavofasciatus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil: Pará)
• Heliconius ethilla flavomaculatus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil: Pernambuco)
• Heliconius ethilla hyalina Neustetter, 1928 (Brazil: Roraima)
• Heliconius ethilla jaruensis Brown, 1976 (Brazil: Rondônia)
• Heliconius ethilla latona Neukirchen, 1998 (Colombia)
• Heliconius ethilla mentor Weymer, 1883 (Colombia)
• Heliconius ethilla metalilis Butler, 1873 (Venezuela)
• Heliconius ethilla michaelianius Lamas, 1988 (Peru)
• Heliconius ethilla narcaea Godart, 1819 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
• Heliconius ethilla nebulosa Kaye, 1916 (Peru)
• Heliconius ethilla neukircheni Lamas, 1998 (Peru)
• Heliconius ethilla numismaticus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil:Pará)
• Heliconius ethilla penthesilea Neukirchen, 1994 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• Heliconius ethilla polychrous C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Brazil: São Paulo)
• Heliconius ethilla semiflavidus Weymer, 1894 (Colombia)
• Heliconius ethilla thielei Riffarth, 1900 (French Guiana)
• Heliconius ethilla tyndarus Weymer, 1897 (Bolivia)
• Heliconius ethilla yuruani Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

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