Heliconius hecale, the tiger longwing, Hecale longwing, golden longwing or golden heliconian, is a heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
- H. h. anderida <small>Hewitson, [1853]</small>
- H. h. annetta <small>Riffarth, 1900</small>
- H. h. australis <small>Brown, 1976</small>
- H. h. barcanti <small>Brown, 1976</small>
- H. h. clearei <small>Hall, 1930</small>
- H. h. discomaculatus <small>Weymer, 1891</small>
- H. h. ennius <small>Weymer, 1891</small>
- H. h. felix <small>Weymer, 1894</small>
- H. h. fornarina <small>Hewitson, [1854]</small>
- H. h. hecale <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- H. h. holcophorus <small>Staudinger, [1897]</small>
- H. h. humboldti <small>Neustetter, 1928</small>
- H. h. ithaca <small>C. & R. Felder, 1862</small>
- H. h. latus <small>Riffarth, 1900</small>
- H. h. melicerta <small>Bates, 1866</small>
- H. h. metellus <small>Weymer, 1894</small>
- H. h. naxos <small>Neukirchen, 1998</small>
- H. h. nigrofasciatus <small>Weymer, 1894</small>
- H. h. novatus <small>Bates, 1867</small>
- H. h. paraensis <small>Riffarth, 1900</small>
- H. h. paulus <small>Neukirchen, 1998</small>
- H. h. quitalena <small>Hewitson, [1853]</small>
- H. h. rosalesi <small>Brown & Fernández, 1976</small>
- H. h. sisyphus <small>Salvin, 1871</small>
- H. h. shanki <small>Lamas & Brown, 1976</small>
- H. h. sulphureus <small>Weymer, 1894</small>
- H. h. vetustus <small>Butler, 1873</small>
- H. h. zeus <small>Neukirchen, 1995</small>
- H. h. zuleika <small>Hewitson, 1854</small>
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