Heliconius hecale
| Tiger Longwing | |
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| Dorsal view | |
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| Ventral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. hecale |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliconius hecale (Fabricius, 1776) | |
| Subspecies | |
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many, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Tiger Longwing, Hecale Longwing, Golden Longwing, or Golden Heliconian (Heliconius hecale) is a Heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.[1]
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
Gallery
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Ventral view - dew covered
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Just emerged
References
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- ↑ Hecale Longwing, Neotropical Butterflies
- ↑ Heliconius hecale, funet.fi
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