Heliconius ricini: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Heliconius
- Species
- Heliconius ricini
- Scientific Name
- Heliconius ricini
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Heliconius ricini
Heliconius ricini, the ricini longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and northern Brazil. The habitat consists of savanna-type areas.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Heliconius adela
- Heliconius agalope
- Heliconius aglaope
- Heliconius anderida
- Heliconius antiochus
- Heliconius araneides
- Heliconius atthis
- Heliconius besckei
- Heliconius burneyi
- Heliconius charithonia
- Heliconius clarescens
- Heliconius clysonymus
- Heliconius congener
- Heliconius cydno
- Heliconius demeter
- Heliconius doris
- Heliconius eleuchia
- Heliconius elevatus
- Heliconius erato
- Heliconius eratosignis
- Heliconius ethilla
- Heliconius eximius
- Heliconius hecale
- Heliconius hecalesia
- Heliconius hecuba
- Heliconius hermathena
- Heliconius heurippa
- Heliconius hewitsoni
- Heliconius hierax
- Heliconius himera
- Heliconius hortense
- Heliconius ismenius
- Heliconius lalitae
- Heliconius leucadia
- Heliconius melphis
- Heliconius melpomene
- Heliconius nattereri
- Heliconius numata
- Heliconius numatus
- Heliconius pachinus
- Heliconius pardalinus
- Heliconius peruvianus
- Heliconius ricini
- Heliconius sapho
- Heliconius sara
- Heliconius telchinia
- Heliconius telesiphe
- Heliconius telloides
- Heliconius tellus
- Heliconius timareta
- Heliconius vetustus
- Heliconius wallacei
- Heliconius xanthocles