Biology:Heliconius burneyi

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Heliconius burneyi
Heliconius burneyi catharinae MHNT dos.jpg
Dorsal view
Heliconius burneyi catharinae MHNT ventre.jpg
Ventral view
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species:
H. burneyi
Binomial name
Heliconius burneyi
(Hübner, 1831)[1]
Synonyms
  • Migonitis burneyi Hübner, [1831]
  • Heliconius burneyi var. jeanneae Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909
  • Heliconius burneyi f. oberthüri Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909 (preocc. Riffarth, 1903)
  • Heliconius burneyi f. roseni Krüger, 1928
  • Heliconius catharinae Staudinger, 1885
  • Heliconius burneyi serpensis Kaye, 1919
  • Heliconius burneyi f. catharinae ab. vitiosa Krüger, 1933
  • Heliconius burneyi f. miraculosa Kotzsch, 1936
  • Heliconius burneyi var. huebneri Staudinger, [1897]
  • Heliconius lindigii C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Heliconius burneyi jeanneae f. reducta Boullet & Le Cerf, 1909

thumb|left|H. b. catharinae
variation serpensis
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil Heliconius burneyi, the Burney's longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1831. It is found in the Amazon basin. The habitat consists of tall forests.

The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenera Astrophea and Distephana. Full-grown larvae have a maroon and black body with a black head and reach a length of about 10 mm.[2]

Subspecies

  • Heliconius burneyi burneyi (French Guiana)
  • Heliconius burneyi ada Neustetter, 1925 (Brazil: Rondônia)
  • Heliconius burneyi anjae Neukirchen, 1995 (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Heliconius burneyi boliviensis Neukirchen, 1995 (Bolivia)
  • Heliconius burneyi catharinae Staudinger, 1885 (Brazil: Pará, Amazonas)
  • Heliconius burneyi huebneri Staudinger, 1897 (Peru)
  • Heliconius burneyi jamesi Neukirchen, 1995 (Peru)
  • Heliconius burneyi koenigi Neukirchen, 1995 (Peru)
  • Heliconius burneyi lindigii C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Colombia)
  • Heliconius burneyi mirtarosa Orellana, 2006 (Venezuela)
  • Heliconius burneyi skinneri Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

References

  1. "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. TOL

Wikidata ☰ Q3129716 entry