Heliconius erato

Heliconius erato petiverana

Heliconius erato phyllis laying egg

Taxonavigation

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

Heliconius erato (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Original combination: Papilio erato
• ZooBank: act:BE95CC70-1CB1-4EEA-A78B-DB2F2467E9EA

Synonyms

• 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

• 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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