Heliconius wallacei

Wallace's longwing
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species: H. wallacei
Binomial name
Heliconius wallacei
(Reakirt, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Heliconius clytia ab. parvimaculata Riffarth, 1900
  • Heliconius clytia f. flavescens ab. wucherpfennigi Krüger, 1933
  • Heliconius wallacei ab. erichi Krüger, 1933
  • Heliconius mimulinus Butler, 1873
  • Heliconius clytia var. colon Weymer, 1891
  • Heliconius clytia var. sulphurea Staudinger, [1897]
  • Heliconius hagar Kirby, [1900]
  • Heliconius wallacei f. quadrimaculata Neustetter, 1925
  • Heliconius clytia f. flavescens ab. graphitica Krüger, 1933
  • Heliconius wallacei f. inez Stammeshaus, 1982
  • Heliconius clytia var. colon Weymer, 1891
  • Papilio clytia Cramer, 1776 (preocc. Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Heliconius clytia var. elsa Riffarth, 1899
  • Heliconius wallacei brevimaculata ab. halli Kaye, 1919
  • Heliconius wallacei latus Kaye, 1925 (preocc. Riffarth, 1900)

The Wallace's longwing (Heliconius wallacei) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Reakirt in 1866. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to southern Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.[2]

The wingspan is 70–75 mm.[3]

The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Distephana. Full-grown larvae have a maroon body and a brown head and reach a length of about 10 mm.[4]

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