Heliconius erato petiverana
Heliconius erato phyllis laying egg

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Heliconiini
Genus: Heliconius
Species: Heliconius erato
Subspecies: H. e. erato – H. e. lichyi – H. e. luscombei

Name edit

Heliconius erato (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms edit

  • Papilio erato Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio vesta Cramer, 1777
  • Papilio erythrea Cramer, [1777]
  • Papilio andremona Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio udalrica Cramer
  • Heliconia cynisca Godart, 1819
  • Heliconia vesta tellus Oberthür
  • Heliconius erato oberthüri Riffarth, 1903
  • Heliconius erato erato f. fuliginosa Riffarth, 1907
  • Heliconius erato ab. hemicycla Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Heliconius erato ab. protea Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Heliconius erato ab. constricta Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Heliconius f. albida Joicey & Kaye, 1919
  • Heliconius erato ab. telloides Joicey & Talbot, 1925
  • Heliconius erato erato f. roseoflava Neustetter, 1926
  • Heliconius f. fumata Neustetter, 1926
  • Heliconius f. latiflava Neustetter, 1931
  • Heliconius f. nigrobasalis Neustetter, 1931

References edit

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 467 BHL Reference page
  • Brown, K.S. 1975. Geographical patterns in Neotropical Lepidoptera. Systematics and derivation of known and new Heliconiini (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae). Journal of Entomology Series B, Taxonomy 44(3): 201–242. Full article (PDF).
  • Lamas, G. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
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