Heliconius hecale

Tiger Longwing
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Rhopalocera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. hecale
Binomial name
Heliconius hecale (Fabricius, 1776)
Subspecies
many, see text
Synonyms
Papilio hecale Papilio urania Müller, 1774 Heliconius urania

The Tiger Longwing, Hecale Longwing, Golden Longwing, or Golden Heliconian (Heliconius hecale) is a Heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.^[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[2]

• H. h. anderida Hewitson, [1853]
• H. h. annetta Riffarth, 1900
• H. h. australis Brown, 1976
• H. h. barcanti Brown, 1976
• H. h. clearei Hall, 1930
• H. h. discomaculatus Weymer, 1891
• H. h. ennius Weymer, 1891
• H. h. felix Weymer, 1894
• H. h. fornarina Hewitson, [1854]
• H. h. hecale (Fabricius, 1775)
• H. h. holcophorus Staudinger, [1897]
• H. h. humboldti Neustetter, 1928
• H. h. ithaca C. & R. Felder, 1862
• H. h. latus Riffarth, 1900
• H. h. melicerta Bates, 1866
• H. h. metellus Weymer, 1894
• H. h. naxos Neukirchen, 1998
• H. h. nigrofasciatus Weymer, 1894
• H. h. novatus Bates, 1867
• H. h. paraensis Riffarth, 1900
• H. h. paulus Neukirchen, 1998
• H. h. quitalena Hewitson, [1853]
• H. h. rosalesi Brown & Fernández, 1976
• H. h. sisyphus Salvin, 1871
• H. h. shanki Lamas & Brown, 1976
• H. h. sulphureus Weymer, 1894
• H. h. vetustus Butler, 1873
• H. h. zeus Neukirchen, 1995
• H. h. zuleika Hewitson, 1854

Gallery

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  Ventral view - dew covered

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  Just emerged

References

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