Biology:Heliconius clysonymus

Short description: Species of butterfly

Clysonymus longwing
Dorsal view of H. c. clysonymus, Arví Park, Colombia
Ventral view of H. c. clysonymus, also at Arví Park
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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:

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

• 

  H. c. montanus
  Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama

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  H. c. montanus
  Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama

External links

• Clysonymus longwing, Neotropical Butterflies
• Yellow longwing, Discover Life

Wikidata ☰ Q3129723 entry