Heliconius hecale

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Tiger Longwing

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Division: Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Genus: Heliconius
Species: H. hecale
Binomial name
Heliconius hecale
(Fabricius 1776)

Heliconius hecale is commonly known as the Tiger Longwing. It is a Heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.neotropicalbutterflies.com/Nymphalids/Heliconians/Hecale%20Longwing.htm
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