Heliconius clysonymus

Clysonymus longwing
Dorsal view of H. c. clysonymus, Arví Park, Colombia
Ventral view of H. c. clysonymus, also at Arví Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species: H. clysonymus
Binomial name
Heliconius clysonymus
Latreille, [1817]
Synonyms
  • Heliconius clysonimus fischeri Fassl, 1912
  • Heliconius clysonimus flavopunctatus Fassl, 1912
  • Heliconius micrus Seitz, 1912
  • Heliconius clysonymus apicalis Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Heliconius clysonymus apicalis ab. semirubra Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Heliconius clysonymus perbellus Stichel, 1923
  • Heliconius hygianus fischeri f. leonis H. & R. Holzinger, 1970
  • Heliconius hygianus fischeri f. leoncitonis H. & R. Holzinger, 1970
  • Heliconia hygiana Hewitson, 1867
  • Heliconius hygiana ab. albescens Kaye, 1916
  • Heliconius montanus Salvin, 1871

Heliconius clysonymus, the Clysonymus longwing, yellow longwing or montane longwing, is a species of Heliconius butterfly found in Central and South America.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • H. c. clysonymus Latreille, [1817] – (Colombia)
  • H. c. hygiana (Hewitson, 1867) – (Ecuador)
  • H. c. montanus Salvin, 1871 – montane longwing[2] (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • H. c. tabaconas Brown, 1976 – (Peru, Costa Rica)

References

  1. ↑ Heliconius clysonymus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Heliconius clysonymus montanus, Butterflies of America


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