Heliconius ricini
Heliconius ricini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Heliconius |
Species: | H. ricini |
Binomial name | |
Heliconius ricini (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] | |
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Heliconius ricini, the Ricini Longwing, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and northern Brazil. The habitat consists of savanna-type areas.
Adults black wings with yellow forewing bands and a broad transverse red stripe on the hindwing.
The larvae feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Granadilla. Full-grown larvae have a yellow body with black spots and a black head and reach a length of about 8 mm.[2]
Subspecies
- Heliconius ricini ricini (northern South America)
- Heliconius ricini insulanus (Stichel, 1909) (Trinidad)