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Longwings and Heliconians
Heliconius
Heliconius comprises a colorful and widespread genus of brush-footed butterflies commonly known as the longwings or heliconians. This genus is distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from South America as far north as the southern United States. The larvae of these butterflies eat passion flower vines (Passifloraceae). Adults exhibit bright wing color patterns to signal their distastefulness to potential predators.
53 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Zebra Longwing
speciesHeliconius charithonia
Red Postman
speciesHeliconius erato
Tiger Longwing
speciesHeliconius hecale
Sara Longwing
speciesHeliconius sara
Ethilia Longwing
speciesHeliconius ethilla
postman
speciesHeliconius melpomene
Doris Longwing
speciesHeliconius doris
Ismenius tiger
speciesHeliconius ismenius
Clysonymus Longwing
speciesHeliconius clysonymus
Cydno Longwing
speciesHeliconius cydno
Numata longwing
speciesHeliconius numata
Mexican Longwing
speciesHeliconius hortense
Wallace's Longwing
speciesHeliconius wallacei
telesiphe longwing
speciesHeliconius telesiphe
Heliconius besckei
speciesHeliconius besckei
Eleuchia Longwing
speciesHeliconius eleuchia
False zebra longwing
speciesHeliconius atthis
Heliconius sapho
speciesHeliconius sapho
Hewitson's Longwing
speciesHeliconius hewitsoni
Five-spotted Heliconian
speciesHeliconius hecalesia
Pachinus longwing
speciesHeliconius pachinus
Heliconius antiochus
speciesHeliconius antiochus
Heliconius himera
speciesHeliconius himera
Heliconius ricini
speciesHeliconius ricini
Heliconius burneyi
speciesHeliconius burneyi
Heliconius elevatus
speciesHeliconius elevatus
Heliconius peruvianus
speciesHeliconius peruvianus
Heliconius xanthocles
speciesHeliconius xanthocles
Heliconius leucadia
speciesHeliconius leucadia
Heliconius congener
speciesHeliconius congener
Heliconius hecuba
speciesHeliconius hecuba
Heliconius pardalinus
speciesHeliconius pardalinus
Heliconius numata euphone
subspeciesHeliconius numata euphone
Heliconius hierax
speciesHeliconius hierax
Timareta longwing
speciesHeliconius timareta
Heliconius eratosignis
speciesHeliconius eratosignis
Heliconius hermathena
speciesHeliconius hermathena
Demeter Longwing
speciesHeliconius demeter
Heliconius heurippa
speciesHeliconius heurippa
Heliconius egeria
speciesHeliconius egeria
Heliconius nattereri
speciesHeliconius nattereri
Heliconius eximius
speciesHeliconius eximius
Heliconius burneyi lindigii
subspeciesHeliconius burneyi lindigii
Heliconius adela
speciesHeliconius adela
Heliconius telloides
speciesHeliconius telloides
Heliconius tellus
speciesHeliconius tellus
Heliconius telchinia
speciesHeliconius telchinia
Heliconius anderida
speciesHeliconius anderida
Heliconius araneides
speciesHeliconius araneides
Heliconius vetustus
speciesHeliconius vetustus
Heliconius lalitae
speciesHeliconius lalitae
Heliconius melphis
speciesHeliconius melphis
Heliconius bouqueti
speciesHeliconius bouqueti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49767.