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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.

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.

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.

Subspecies

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

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