Heliconius hecale

Heliconius hecale, the tiger longwing, Hecale longwing, golden longwing or golden heliconian, is a heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.[1] Hecale, was an old woman who gave shelter to Theseus on his way to capture the Marathonian Bull.

Heliconius hecale
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
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

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[2]

• 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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  Ventral view - dew covered
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  Just emerged

References

1. Hecale longwing Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, Neotropical Butterflies
2. Heliconius hecale at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms