Heliconius ethilla

Heliconius ethilla, the ethilia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found from Panama to southern Brazil. The habitat consists of marginal forests.

Ethilia longwing
Heliconius ethilla narcaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species:
H. ethilla
Binomial name
Heliconius ethilla
(Godart, 1819)[1]
Range in blue
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)

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

References
  1. "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Heliconius ethilla. butterflycorner.net
  3. Beltrán, Margarita (2010) Heliconius ethilla Godart 1819. The Tree of Life Web Project


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