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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.

Zebra Longwing

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16500

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Detailed information with references

Subspecies Heliconius charithonia

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

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Boris Krylov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

• [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
• [125] David Carter "Butterflies and Moths". Dorling Kindersley Limited, 9 Henrietta Street, London, 1992.

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