Heliconius clysonymus

Heliconius clysonymus, the Clysonymus longwing, yellow longwing or montane longwing, is a species of Heliconius butterfly found in Central and South America.

Clysonymus longwing
Dorsal view of H. c. clysonymus, Arví Park, Colombia
Ventral view of H. c. clysonymus, also at Arví Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species:
H. clysonymus
Binomial name
Heliconius clysonymus
Latreille, [1817]
Synonyms
  • Heliconius clysonimus fischeri Fassl, 1912
  • Heliconius clysonimus flavopunctatus Fassl, 1912
  • Heliconius micrus Seitz, 1912
  • Heliconius clysonymus apicalis Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Heliconius clysonymus apicalis ab. semirubra Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Heliconius clysonymus perbellus Stichel, 1923
  • Heliconius hygianus fischeri f. leonis H. & R. Holzinger, 1970
  • Heliconius hygianus fischeri f. leoncitonis H. & R. Holzinger, 1970
  • Heliconia hygiana Hewitson, 1867
  • Heliconius hygiana ab. albescens Kaye, 1916
  • Heliconius montanus Salvin, 1871

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • H. c. clysonymus Latreille, [1817] – (Colombia)
  • H. c. hygiana (Hewitson, 1867) – (Ecuador)
  • H. c. montanus Salvin, 1871 – montane longwing[2] (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • H. c. tabaconas Brown, 1976 – (Peru, Costa Rica)

References
  1. Heliconius clysonymus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Heliconius clysonymus montanus, Butterflies of America


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