Heliconius hecale

Heliconius hecale, the tiger longwing, Hecale longwing, golden longwing or golden heliconian, is a heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.[1] Hecale, was an old woman who gave shelter to Theseus on his way to capture the Marathonian Bull.

Heliconius hecale
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
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

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
  • Ventral view - dew covered
  • Just emerged

References
  1. Hecale longwing Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, Neotropical Butterflies
  2. Heliconius hecale at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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