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Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. [2] [3] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning off predators.
Heliconius comprises a colorful and widespread genus of brush-footed butterflies commonly known as the longwings or heliconians.This genus is distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from South America as far north as the southern United States.
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Papilionoidea .
Heliconius atthis, the false zebra longwing or Atthis longwing, is a species of Heliconius butterfly. It is endemic to western Ecuador and the Tumbes National Reserve in Northern Peru. [1] Is a mimic of the zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia).
Zebra longwing (state butterfly) Heliconius charitonius: 1996 [13] Georgia: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1975 [14] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1988 [15] Hawaii: Kamehameha butterfly: Vanessa tameamea: 2009 [16] Idaho: Monarch butterfly: Danaus plexippus: 1992 [17] Illinois: Monarch butterfly ...
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Heliconius doris, the Doris longwing or Doris [1] is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.It is known for being a polymorphic species which participates in various Müllerian mimicry rings throughout Central America and the Amazon rainforest.