Heliconius burneyi

Heliconius burneyi
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
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.[2]

Subspecies[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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