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Heliconius charithonia (Linnaeus, 1767)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Heliconiinae → tribe Heliconiini → genus Heliconius → species Heliconius charithonia

Species name(s)

Heliconius charithonia (Linnaeus, 1767) = Heliconius charitonius = Papilio charithonia Linnaeus, 1767 = Apostraphia charithonia = Heliconius charitonia = Heliconius charithonie. [9, 85]

Zebra Longwing.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16500

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Detailed information with references

Subspecies of Heliconius charithonia

• Heliconius charithonia antiquus Lamas, 1988. [9]
• H. c. bassleri Comstock & Brown, 1950. [9]
• H. c. charithonia. [9]
• H. c. churchi Comstock & Brown, 1950. [9]
• H. c. peruvianus Felder & Felder, 1859. [187]
• H. c. ramsdeni Comstock & Brown, 1950. [9]
• H. c. simulator Röber, 1921. [9]
• H. c. tuckeri Comstock & Brown, 1950. [9]
• H. c. vazquezae Comstock & Brown, 1950. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Boris Krylov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

• [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
• [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
• [125] David Carter "Butterflies and Moths". Dorling Kindersley Limited, 9 Henrietta Street, London, 1992.
• [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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