Heliconius ismenius

Heliconius ismenius
Heliconius ismenius telchinia, dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heliconius
Species:
H. ismenius
Binomial name
Heliconius ismenius
Latreille, [1817][1]

Heliconius ismenius, the Ismenius tiger or tiger heliconian, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Central America and northern South America. They are abundant as far south as Ecuador and Venezuela and as far north as southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.[2] H. ismenius are more commonly called the tiger-striped long wing butterfly. H. ismenius's nickname is derived from its long wing structure as well as the beautiful burnt orange and black stripes. Pierre André Latreille, a French zoologist, described Heliconius ismenius in 1817. H. ismenius resembles a number of other butterflies, an example of Müllerian mimicry.

  1. ^ Heliconius ismenius at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Brown, Keith. Ecological Geography and Evolution in Neotropical Forests.