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Heliconius antiochus
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. antiochus
Binomial name
Heliconius antiochus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Papilio antiochus Linnaeus, 1767 (nec Fabricius) Heliconius zobeide Butler, 1869 Heliconius antiochus ab. divisus Staudinger, Heliconius antiochus ab. alba Riffarth, 1900 Heliconius antiochus alba ab. trimaculata Krüger, 1933 Papilio aranea Fabricius, 1793 Heliconius salvinii Dewitz, 1877 Heliconius antiochus var. araneides Staudinger, 1897

Heliconius antiochus, the Antiochus longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767. It is found from Panama to the Amazon region. The habitat consists of riparian forests.

Subspecies

• Heliconius antiochus antiochus (Venezuela to Peru)
• Heliconius antiochus aranea (Fabricius, 1793) (Venezuela)
• Heliconius antiochus araneides Staudinger, 1897 (Venezuela)
• Heliconius antiochus salvinii Dewitz, 1877 (Venezuela)

References

1. "Heliconius Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. TOL

• Heliconius antiochus in UniProt

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