Heliconius hecale
Encyclopedia
The Tiger Longwing or Golden Helicon is a Heliconiid
butterfly
that occurs from Mexico
to the Peruvian Amazon
.
Heliconius
Heliconius comprise a colorful and widespread brush-footed butterfly genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World. These butterflies utilize Passion flower plants as their larval food source and rely on bright wing color patterns to signal their distastefulness...
butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
that occurs from Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
to the Peruvian Amazon
Peruvian Amazon
The Peruvian Amazon is the area of the Amazon jungle included in the territory of Peru, from the east of the Andes to borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. This region comprises 60% of the country and is marked by a large degree of biodiversity...
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Subspecies
- H. h. hecale
- H. h. anderida Hewitson, [1853]
- H. h. quitalena Hewitson, [1853]
- H. h. fornarina Hewitson, [1854]
- H. h. zuleika Hewitson, 1854
- H. h. ithaca C. & R. Felder, 1862
- H. h. melicerta Bates, 1866
- H. h. novatus Bates, 1867
- H. h. sisyphus Salvin, 1871
- H. h. vetustus Butler, 1873
- H. h. discomaculatus Weymer, 1891
- H. h. ennius Weymer, 1891
- H. h. felix Weymer, 1894
- H. h. metellus Weymer, 1894
- H. h. sulphureus Weymer, 1894
- H. h. holcophorus Staudinger, 1897
- H. h. nigrofasciatus Weymer, 1894
- H. h. annetta Riffarth, 1900
- H. h. latus Riffarth, 1900
- H. h. paraensis Riffarth, 1900
- H. h. humboldti Neustetter, 1928
- H. h. clearei Hall, 1930
- H. h. australis Brown, 1976
- H. h. barcanti Brown, 1976
- H. h. rosalesi Brown & Fernández, 1976
- H. h. shanki Lamas & Brown, 1976
- H. h. zeus Neukirchen, 1995
- H. h. naxos Neukirchen, 1998
- H. h. paulus Neukirchen, 1998