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
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
- Heliconius charitonius. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
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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