Heliconius ismenius

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Heliconius ismenius

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Genus: Heliconius
Species: H. ismenius
Binomial name
Heliconius ismenius
(Latreille, 1817)

Heliconius ismenius, also known as the Tiger Heliconian or Ismenius Tiger, is a Nymphalid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to Colombia.