Heliconius melpomene (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Heliconiinae → tribe Heliconiini → genus Heliconius → species Heliconius melpomene
Species name(s)
Heliconius melpomene (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio melpomene Linnaeus, 1758. [9, 85]
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Nearctic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- From Central America to southern Brazil [125].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Subspecies of Heliconius melpomene
- Heliconius melpomene aglaope C. & R. Felder, 1862. [9]
- H. m. aglaopeia Staudinger, 1896. [187]
- H. m. amandus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892. [9]
- H. m. amaryllis C. & R. Felder, 1862. [9]
- H. m. amor Staudinger & Schatz, 1885/88. [187]
- H. m. anduzei Brown & Fernández, 1985. [9]
- H. m. athalia Neustetter, 1927. [187]
- H. m. atrosecta Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. augusta Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. aurelia Neustetter, 1926. [187]
- H. m. banghaasi Neustetter, 1926. [187]
- H. m. bellula Turner, 1971. [9]
- H. m. burchelli Poulton, 1910. [9]
- H. m. collis Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. compacta Joicey & Kaye, 1918. [187]
- H. m. cybeleia Joicey & Kaye, 1918/19. [187]
- H. m. cythera Hewitson, 1869. [9]
- H. m. deinia Möschler, 1877. [187]
- H. m. diana Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. dianides Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. ecuadorensis Emsley, 1964. [9]
- H. m. elegantula Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. eulalia Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. euryades Riffarth, 1900. [9]
- H. m. faivrei Joicey & Kaye, 1918/19. [187]
- H. m. fascinatrix Seitz, 1913. [187]
- H. m. faustalia Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. faustina Staudinger & Schatz, 1865. [187]
- H. m. flagrans Stichel, 1919. [9]
- H. m. fumigata Zikán, 1937. [187]
- H. m. funebris Möschler, 1877. [187]
- H. m. hippolyte Bates, 1862. [187]
- H. m. hyperblea Dyar, 1913. [187]
- H. m. intersectus Neustetter, 1928. [9]
- H. m. karschi Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. laurentina Neustetter, 1927. [187]
- H. m. lucia Cramer, 1781/82. [187]
- H. m. lucinda Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. lucindella Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. lydia Neustetter, 1926. [187]
- H. m. madeira Riley, 1919. [9]
- H. m. majestica Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. malleti Lamas, 1988. [9]
- H. m. maris Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. melanippe Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. melpina Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. melpomene. [9]
- H. m. melpomenides Riffarth, 1900. [187]
- H. m. meriana Turner, 1967. [9]
- H. m. michellae Neukirchen, 1982. [9]
- H. m. nanna Stichel, 1899. [9]
- H. m. negroida Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. negroidens Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. nigrointerrupta Neustetter, 1931. [187]
- H. m. obscurata Riffarth, 1907. [187]
- H. m. penelope Staudinger, 1894. [9]
- H. m. penelopides Neustetter, 1927. [187]
- H. m. plesseni Riffarth, 1907. [9]
- H. m. primus Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. punctarius Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. pyrforus Kaye, 1907. [9]
- H. m. pyritosa Zikán, 1937. [187]
- H. m. rosina Boisduval, 1870. [9]
- H. m. rubescens Stichel, 1906. [187]
- H. m. rubroflammea Neustetter, 1927. [187]
- H. m. rufolimbata Butler, 1873. [187]
- H. m. rufolinea Neustetter, 1928. [187]
- H. m. schunkei Lamas, 1976. [9]
- H. m. stygianus Joicey & Kaye, 1916. [187]
- H. m. tessa Barcant, 1982. [9]
- H. m. thelxiope (Hübner, [1806]). [9]
- H. m. thelxiopeia Staudinger, 1897. [9]
- H. m. trimacula Neustetter, 1931. [187]
- H. m. tyche Bates, 1862. [187]
- H. m. vicina Ménétriés, 1857. [9]
- H. m. vulcanus Butler, 1865. [9]
- H. m. xenoclea Hewitson, 1853. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus, Maxim Schwarz. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
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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