Eueides isabella

Isabella's Longwing

Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Heliconiinae
Tribe:	Heliconiini
Genus:	Eueides
Species:	E. isabella
Binomial name
*Eueides isabella* (Stoll , 1781)
Synonyms
Papilio isabella Stoll, [1781] Nereis dianasa Hübner, [1806] Papilio eva Fabricius, 1793 Eueides anaxa Ménétriés, 1855 Eueides zorcaon Reakirt, 1866 Eueides cleobaea zorcaon ab. adusta Stichel, 1903 Eueides dianasa ab. decolorata Stichel, 1903 Eueides cleobaea var. monochroma Boullet & Le Cerf, 1910 Eueides pellucida Srnka, 1885 Eueides isabella seitzi Stichel, 1903 Eueides hippolinus Butler, 1873 Eueides isabella hippolinus ab. personata Stichel, 1903 Eueides isabella hippolinus ab. brunnea Stichel, 1903 Eueides imitans Seitz, 1912 Eueides isabella hübneri ab. spoliata Stichel, 1903 Eueides isabella isabella f. perimacula Boullet & Le Cerf, 1910 Eueides isabella hippolinus ab. margaritifera Stichel, 1903 Eueides isabella pellucida ab. vegetissima Stichel, 1903 Eueides isabella hübneri var. olga Neustetter, 1916

Isabella's Longwing or Isabella's Heliconian (Eueides isabella) is a species of nymphalid butterfly, belonging to Heliconiinae subfamily.

Description

Eueides isabella is a large butterfly with a wingspan of 65–90 millimetres (2.6–3.5 in). The uppersides of the wings is dark brown, with orange bands and yellowish markings on the edges of the forewings. The undersides of the wings are quite similar to the uppersides, but the edges of the hindwings show a series of small blue spots.

The flight period extends to the whole year in the tropical habitat. They are active even in low light. Caterpillars are white and black covered by long black spines. They are gregarious and they primarily feed on Passiflora platyloba and Passiflora ambigua.

Distribution

This species can be found from Mexico to the Amazon Basin and the West Indies.^[1]

Habitat

Eueides isabella live in the rainforest where it remains in the canopy. It can be found from sea level to about 1500 m above sea level.

Subspecies

Eueides isabella isabella ; French Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad
Eueides isabella arquata Stichel, 1903 ; Colombia
Eueides isabella cleobaea Geyer, 1832 ; Cuba, Puerto Rico, Central America
Eueides isabella dianasa (Hübner, [1806])
Eueides isabella dissoluta Stichel, 1903 ; Perú, Ecuador
Eueides isabella dynastes C. et R. Felder, 1861 ; Venezuela, Colombia
Eueides isabella ecuadorensis Strand, 1909 ; Ecuador
Eueides isabella eva (Fabricius, 1793) ; Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Eueides isabella hippolinus Butler, 1873 ; Peru
Eueides isabella huebneri Ménétriés, 1857 ; Colombia
Eueides isabella melphis (Godart, 1819) ; Haití, Antilles
Eueides isabella nigricornis Maza, 1982 ; Brazil
Eueides isabella ssp ; Brazil

Similar species

Heliconius ismenius – Tiger Heliconian
Lycorea halia – Tiger Mimic-Queen
Eresia phyillyra – Tiger Heliconian
Mechanitis lysimnia – Confused Tigerwing
Mechanitis menapis – Variable Tigerwing
Mechanitis polymnia – Disturbed Tigerwing
Hypothyris lycaste – Round-spotted Ticlear
Hypothyris euclea – Common Ticlear

Eueides isabella isabella - MHNT

References

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