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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.
Species of butterflies and moths include the blue Morpho, zebra longwing, and painted ladies. Microhabitats are displayed along the Conservation Promenade featuring endangered amphibians the Zoo is currently working with in response to the global amphibian crisis. Visitors must stop in a mirrored room to check for butterflies before exiting.
Heliconius atthis Doubleday, 1847 – Atthis longwing or false zebra longwing; Heliconius besckei Ménétriés, 1857; Heliconius burneyi (Hübner, 1816) – Burney's longwing; Heliconius charithonia (Linnaeus, 1767) – zebra longwing; Heliconius chestertonii (Hewitson, 1872) Heliconius clysonymus Latreille, 1817 – Clysonymus longwing ...
Adding the pop of purple from a passionflower vine growing up a tree, (the host plant for the wonderful zebra heliconian butterfly) or a burst of reddish orange from coral honeysuckle on an arbor ...
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 ...
The chrysalis stays in this form for eleven to twenty-one days. After that period of time, a small crack begins to form at the tip of the chrysalis revealing the butterfly's head. It continues to slowly move down through the bottom of the chrysalis until its legs are free to cling onto the shell of the chrysalis and pull itself the rest of the ...
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. The colouration is predominantly reddish and black, and though of varying wing shape, the ...
In butterflies, the exposed pupa is often referred to as a chrysalis, derived from the Greek term "chrysalis": χρυσός (chrysós) for gold, referring to the golden colour of some pupae. [68] The caterpillars of many butterflies attach themselves by a button of silk to the underside of a branch, stone, or other projecting surface.