Biology:Heliconius ricini
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. ricini
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| Heliconius ricini | |
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Heliconius ricini, the ricini longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and northern Brazil . The habitat consists of savanna-type areas.
Adults have 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 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ TOL
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3129741 entry
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