Heliconius ricini
| Ricini Longwing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. ricini |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliconius ricini (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] | |
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The Ricini Longwing (Heliconius ricini) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and northern Brazil. The habitat consists of savanna-type areas.
Adults black wings with yellow forewing bands and a broad transverse red stripe on the hindwing.
The larvae feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Granadilla. Full-grown larvae have a yellow body with black spots and a black head and reach a length of about 8 mm.[2]
Subspecies
- Heliconius ricini ricini (northern South America)
- Heliconius ricini insulanus (Stichel, 1909) (Trinidad)
References
- ↑ Heliconius ricini, funet.fi
- ↑ TOL
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