Laparus doris

Laparus doris
Laparus doris viridis
Blue specimen, Quito, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Heliconiini
Genus:	Laparus Billberg, 1820
Species:	L. doris
Binomial name
Laparus doris (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
Genus: Crenis Hübner, 1821 Species: Heliconius doris Papilio doris Linnaeus, 1771 Papilio quirina Cramer, [1775] Papilio amathusia Cramer, [1777] Nereis delila Hübner, [1813] Migonitis crenis Hübner, 1816 Crenis brylle Hübner, 1821 Heliconia dorimena Doubleday, 1847 Heliconius mars Staudinger, 1885

The Doris Longwing or The Doris^[1] (Laparus doris) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and only member (i.e., monotypic) of the Laparus genus. It is found from Central America to the Amazon.^[2] There is considerable colour and pattern variation, even at sub-species level.

It is found from sea level to 1200 metres in forest clearings.^[1]

The larvae primarily feed on Granadilla species. Adults feed on nectar from Lantana flowers, with the females also collect pollen from Psiguria and Psychotia flowers.^[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[2]

• Laparus doris delila (Hübner, [1813]) – (Peru)
• Laparus doris dives (Oberthür, 1920) – (Colombia, Venezuela)
• Laparus doris doris (Linnaeus, 1771) – (Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil)
• Laparus doris obscurus (Weymer, 1891) – (Colombia, Ecuador)
• ?Laparus doris virescens Riffarth, 1901
• Laparus doris viridis (Staudinger, 1885) – (Panama, Honduras)

There is also an unnamed subspecies from Trinidad.

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  L. d. doris - MHNT

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  L. d. doris
  Rayed longwing
  Cristalino River
  Southern Amazon, Brazil

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  L. d. viridis
  Las Horquetas
  Costa Rica

References

External links

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• Species info, Tree of Life Web