Nymphalidae
Heliconius charithonia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Heliconius charithonia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing, is the official butterfly of Florida, found across warm regions of the Americas.
Heliconius erato (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heliconius erato (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heliconius erato, the red postman, is a neotropical butterfly known for Müllerian mimicry and unusually long lifespan.
Heliconius sara (Fabricius, 1793)
Heliconius sara (Fabricius, 1793)
Heliconius sara, the Sara longwing, is a colorful neotropical heliconiid butterfly with distinct pupal mating behavior.
Heliconius hecale (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconius hecale (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconius hecale is a heliconiid butterfly known by several common names, found from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.
Heliconius cydno (Doubleday)
Heliconius cydno (Doubleday)
Heliconius cydno, the cydno longwing, is an oligophagous nymphalid butterfly native to Central and northern South America.
Heliconius melpomene (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heliconius melpomene (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heliconius melpomene, the postman butterfly, is a poisonous butterfly species ranging across Central and South America that acts as an efficient pollinator.
Heliconius ismenius Latreille, 1817
Heliconius ismenius Latreille, 1817
Heliconius ismenius is a butterfly with a four-stage life cycle, specific host plant diets, and rainforest habitat up to 1500m.
Heliconius hortense (Guérin-Méneville)
Heliconius hortense (Guérin-Méneville)
Heliconius hortense is a butterfly species found from Mexico to Ecuador in cloud forest habitats.
Heliconius doris (Linnaeus, 1771)
Heliconius doris (Linnaeus, 1771)
Heliconius doris, the Doris longwing, is a polymorphic nymphalid butterfly found in Central and South American forests.
Heliconius hecalesia (Hewitson, 1853)
Heliconius hecalesia (Hewitson, 1853)
The five-spotted longwing, Heliconius hecalesia, is a Nymphalidae butterfly found from Central America to Venezuela and Ecuador.
Heliconius sapho (Drury, 1782)
Heliconius sapho (Drury, 1782)
Heliconius sapho is a butterfly species described by its upperside, underside, markings, and an 82 mm wingspan.
Heliconius pachinus Salvin, 1871
Heliconius pachinus Salvin, 1871
Heliconius pachinus, the pachinus longwing, is a nymphalid butterfly native to Central America, found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Heliconius eleuchia
Heliconius eleuchia
Heliconius eleuchia is a large butterfly found in Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador, with distinct colored wing markings.
Heliconius ethilla (Latreille & Godart, 1819)
Heliconius ethilla (Latreille & Godart, 1819)
Heliconius ethilla is a Nymphalidae butterfly from the neotropics, with orange patterned wings and larvae that feed on Passiflora.
Heliconius numatus (Cramer, 1780)
Heliconius numatus (Cramer, 1780)
Heliconius numatus is a variable, large neotropical butterfly native to South America that mimics other species.
Heliconius clysonymus (Latreille, 1817)
Heliconius clysonymus (Latreille, 1817)
Heliconius clysonymus is a species of Heliconius butterfly found in Central and South America.
Heliconius telesiphe (Doubleday)
Heliconius telesiphe (Doubleday)
Heliconius telesiphe, the telesiphe longwing, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Andean cloud forests.
Heliconius wallacei Reakirt, 1866
Heliconius wallacei Reakirt, 1866
Heliconius wallacei, or Wallace's longwing, is a gregarious Nymphalidae butterfly found across South American lowland rainforests.
Heliconius antiochus Linnaeus, 1767
Heliconius antiochus Linnaeus, 1767
Heliconius antiochus, the Antiochus longwing, is a Nymphalidae butterfly described in 1767, found from Panama to the Amazon in riparian forests.
Heliconius hewitsoni Staudinger, 1875
Heliconius hewitsoni Staudinger, 1875
Heliconius hewitsoni is a butterfly species native to forest canopies of Central America's Pacific Slope.
Heliconius ricini (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heliconius ricini (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heliconius ricini, the ricini longwing, is a Nymphalidae butterfly found across northern South America in savanna habitats.
Heliconius atthis (Doubleday)
Heliconius atthis (Doubleday)
Heliconius atthis is a species of Heliconius butterfly endemic to parts of Ecuador and Peru.
Dryas iulia (Fabricius, 1775)
Dryas iulia (Fabricius, 1775)
Dryas iulia, the Julia butterfly, is a neotropical butterfly with distinct orange wings and unusual feeding behaviors.
Eueides isabella (Cramer, 1781)
Eueides isabella (Cramer, 1781)
Eueides isabella is a large butterfly ranging from Mexico to the Amazon basin and West Indies, living in rainforest canopies.
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