Heliconius hecale

Heliconius hecale
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. hecale
Binomial name
Heliconius hecale (Fabricius, 1776)
Subspecies
Many, see text
Synonyms
Papilio hecale Papilio urania Müller, 1774 Heliconius urania

Heliconius hecale, the tiger longwing, Hecale longwing, golden longwing or golden heliconian, is a heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon. Hecale, was an old woman who gave shelter to Theseus on his way to capture the Marathonian Bull.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

• H. h. anderida Hewitson, [1853]
• H. h. annetta Riffarth, 1900
• H. h. australis Brown, 1976
• H. h. barcanti Brown, 1976
• H. h. clearei Hall, 1930
• H. h. discomaculatus Weymer, 1891
• H. h. ennius Weymer, 1891
• H. h. felix Weymer, 1894
• H. h. fornarina Hewitson, [1854]
• H. h. hecale (Fabricius, 1775)
• H. h. holcophorus Staudinger, [1897]
• H. h. humboldti Neustetter, 1928
• H. h. ithaca C. & R. Felder, 1862
• H. h. latus Riffarth, 1900
• H. h. melicerta Bates, 1866
• H. h. metellus Weymer, 1894
• H. h. naxos Neukirchen, 1998
• H. h. nigrofasciatus Weymer, 1894
• H. h. novatus Bates, 1867
• H. h. paraensis Riffarth, 1900
• H. h. paulus Neukirchen, 1998
• H. h. quitalena Hewitson, [1853]
• H. h. rosalesi Brown & Fernández, 1976
• H. h. sisyphus Salvin, 1871
• H. h. shanki Lamas & Brown, 1976
• H. h. sulphureus Weymer, 1894
• H. h. vetustus Butler, 1873
• H. h. zeus Neukirchen, 1995
• H. h. zuleika Hewitson, 1854

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