Heliconius ethilla

Heliconius ethilla, the ethilia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found from Panama to southern Brazil. The habitat consists of marginal forests.

Ethilia longwing
Heliconius ethilla narcaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. ethilla
Binomial name
Heliconius ethilla (Godart, 1819)[1]
Range in blue
Synonyms
Heliconius metalilis var. flavidus Weymer, 1894 Heliconius ethilla metalilis f. depuncta Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909 Heliconia narcaea Godart, 1819 Mechanites ecrate Hübner, [1823] Heliconius satis Weymer, 1875 Heliconius eucrate var. infuscata Staudinger, 1885 Heliconius narcaea ab. brunnescens Neustetter, 1907 Heliconius connexa Seitz, 1912 Eueides eucoma Hübner, [1831] Eueides eucoma Hübner, 1816 Heliconius cephallenia C. & R. Felder, [1865] Heliconius polychrous C. & R. Felder, [1865] Heliconius physcoa Seitz, 1912 Heliconius metalilis Butler, 1873 Heliconius claudia Godman & Salvin, [1881] Heliconius assimilis Röber, 1921 Heliconius mentor Weymer, 1883 Heliconius orchamus Weymer, 1912 Heliconius eucoma var. flavofasciatus Weymer, 1894 Heliconius narcaea var. flavomaculatus Weymer, 1894 Heliconius eucoma var. numismaticus Weymer, 1894 Heliconius metalilis var. semiflavidus Weymer, 1894 Heliconius eucoma var. daguanus Staudinger, [1897] Heliconius eucoma var. juntana Riffarth, 1900 Heliconius tyndarus Weymer, 1897 Heliconius gradatus thielei Riffarth, 1900 Heliconius numatus isabellinus ab. fusca Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909 Heliconius quitalinus nebulosa Kaye, 1916 Heliconius aurotome f. clarus Michael, 1926 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793)

The wingspan is 60–70 mm. The forewings are orange with a black margin and four black spots. The hindwings are orange with two black stripes.[2]

The larvae feed on Passiflora species. Full-grown larvae have a white body with an orange head and reach a length of about 17 mm.[3]

Subspecies

• H. e. ethilla (Venezuela, Trinidad)
• H. e. adela Neustetter, 1912 (Peru)
• H. e. aerotome C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• H. e. cephallenia C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Surinam)
• H. e. chapadensis Brown, 1973 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
• H. e. claudia Godman & Salvin, 1881 (Panama)
• H. e. eucoma (Hübner, [1831]) (Peru to Panama)
• H. e. flavofasciatus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil: Pará)
• H. e. flavomaculatus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil: Pernambuco)
• H. e. hyalina Neustetter, 1928 (Brazil: Roraima)
• H. e. jaruensis Brown, 1976 (Brazil: Rondônia)
• H. e. latona Neukirchen, 1998 (Colombia)
• H. e. mentor Weymer, 1883 (Colombia)
• H. e. metalilis Butler, 1873 (Venezuela)
• H. e. michaelianius Lamas, 1988 (Peru)
• H. e. narcaea Godart, 1819 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
• H. e. nebulosa Kaye, 1916 (Peru)
• H. e. neukircheni Lamas, 1998 (Peru)
• H. e. numismaticus Weymer, 1894 (Brazil: Pará)
• H. e. penthesilea Neukirchen, 1994 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• H. e. polychrous C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Brazil: São Paulo)
• H. e. semiflavidus Weymer, 1894 (Colombia)
• H. e. thielei Riffarth, 1900 (French Guiana)
• H. e. tyndarus Weymer, 1897 (Bolivia)
• H. e. yuruani Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

References

1. "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Heliconius ethilla. butterflycorner.net
3. Beltrán, Margarita (2010) Heliconius ethilla Godart 1819. The Tree of Life Web Project

External links

• Heliconius ethilla in biolib