Heliconius burneyi

Heliconius burneyi
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
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, Burney's longwing, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Hübner in 1831. It is found in the Amazon Basin. The habitat consists of tall forests.

The larvae are gregarious and mostly feed on Passiflora species from the subgenera Astrophea and Distephana. Full-grown larvae have a maroon and black body with a black head and reach a length of about 10 mm.^[2]

Subspecies

• 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

• Heliconius burneyi in heliconius