Heliconius {genus} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Heliconiinae; Heliconiini;

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Sub-taxa

Species (65)
  1. Heliconius antiochus [4]
  2. Heliconius aoede [9]
  3. Heliconius astraea [1]
  4. Heliconius atthis [6]
  5. Heliconius besckei [13]
  6. Heliconius burneyi [5]
  7. Heliconius charithonia [57]
  8. Heliconius clysonymus [13]
  9. Heliconius congener [2]
  10. Heliconius cydno [335]
  11. Heliconius demeter [68]
  12. Heliconius doris [19]
  13. Heliconius dorisPRH01 [1]
  14. Heliconius dorisPRH02 [1]
  15. Heliconius egeria [2]
  16. Heliconius eleuchia [6]
  17. Heliconius elevatus [13]
  18. Heliconius erato [752]
  19. Heliconius eratosignis [6]
  20. Heliconius ethilla [14]
  21. Heliconius ethilla x Heliconius melpomene [1]
  22. Heliconius formosus [12]
  23. Heliconius fulgius [42]
  24. Heliconius galanthus [29]
  25. Heliconius hecale [29]
  26. Heliconius hecalesia [3]
  27. Heliconius hecuba [4]
  28. Heliconius hermathena [107]
  29. Heliconius heurippa [35]
  30. Heliconius hewitsoni [2]
  31. Heliconius hewitsoniICG01 [2]
  32. Heliconius hewitsoniICG02 [2]
  33. Heliconius hierax [7]
  34. Heliconius himera [10]
  35. Heliconius hortense [1]
  36. Heliconius ismenius [41]
  37. Heliconius leucadia [1]
  38. Heliconius leuce [57]
  39. Heliconius luciana [2]
  40. Heliconius melpomene [561]
  41. Heliconius metharme [2]
  42. Heliconius montanusICG01 [4]
  43. Heliconius montanusICG02 [1]
  44. Heliconius nattereri [1]
  45. Heliconius numata [56]
  46. Heliconius pachinus [76]
  47. Heliconius pardalinus [18]
  48. Heliconius peruvianus [5]
  49. Heliconius petiverana [1]
  50. Heliconius petiveranaDHJ01 [22]
  51. Heliconius petiveranaICG01 [5]
  52. Heliconius petiveranaICG02 [1]
  53. Heliconius ricini [4]
  54. Heliconius rosina [6]
  55. Heliconius sapho [16]
  56. Heliconius sara [129]
  57. Heliconius telchinia [19]
  58. Heliconius telesiphe [11]
  59. Heliconius timareta [104]
  60. Heliconius tristero [9]
  61. Heliconius vazquezae [28]
  62. Heliconius viridis [26]
  63. Heliconius wallacei [21]
  64. Heliconius xanthocles [8]
  65. Heliconius zuleika [31]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 3,094 Public Records: 2,663
Specimens with Sequences: 2,971 Public Species: 64
Specimens with Barcodes: 1,458 Public BINs: 43
Species: 65          
Species With Barcodes: 57          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Heliconius
(Heliconius antiochus - KLM Lep 10746) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Christian Wieser Landesmuseum Kärnten (Heliconius besckei - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 01980) @12 [ ] Copyright (2011) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (Heliconius charithonia - TAMUICEGR-0008) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Heliconius cydno - YB-BCI5090) @15 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Heliconius doris - 04-SRNP-33469) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2005) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Heliconius eleuchia - IAvH-TRI-A1654) @11 [ ] copyright (2022) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH).
(Heliconius elevatus - CBMP0153) @11 [ ] Copyright (2022) Unspecified photoshop (Heliconius erato - YB-BCI49528) @13 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Heliconius ethilla - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 02404) @13 [ ] Copyright (2011) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales
(Heliconius formosus - INB0004105710) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius fulgius - INB0003872381) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius galanthus - INB0004163710) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica
(Heliconius hecale - YB-BCI32670) @13 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Heliconius hewitsoniICG01 - INB0004111930) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius hewitsoniICG02 - INB0003862769) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica
(Heliconius ismenius - YB-BCI41532) @13 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2011) Unspecified Unspecified (Heliconius leuce - 10-SRNP-81213) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Heliconius melpomene - JFDA2226) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Jean F. Le Crom Jean F. Le Crom
(Heliconius montanusICG01 - INB0004172527) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius montanusICG02 - INB0004184605) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius numata - RMNH.INS.1453761) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Hajo Gernaat Naturalis Biodiversity Center
(Heliconius pachinus - INB0003862741) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius pardalinus - MHNC-ELR-BAR 00084) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2012) Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny (Heliconius petiveranaDHJ01 - 03-SRNP-16490) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2005) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
(Heliconius petiveranaICG01 - INB0003881460) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius petiveranaICG02 - INB0003844456) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius ricini - DMTRN-0027) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Heliconius rosina - INB0003844427) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (Heliconius sapho - YB-BCI4084) @15 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Heliconius sara - YB-BCI12172) @13 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Heliconius telchinia - 03-SRNP-22646) @16 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2005) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Heliconius telesiphe - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 09575) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (Heliconius tristero - JFDA2221) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Jean F. Le Crom Jean F. Le Crom
(Heliconius vazquezae - 08-SRNP-55849) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2009) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Heliconius viridis - 04-SRNP-33493) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2005) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Heliconius wallacei - CBMP0374) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2022) Copyright photoshop
(Heliconius zuleika - INB0003872696) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica
(Heliconius zuleika)
  Sample ID:
INB0003872696
  License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 
  License Holder:
National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica

Collection Sites




Collected from 18 countries.
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Costa Rica298Ecuador32Suriname2
Colombia208Bolivia20Paraguay2
Peru199Venezuela8French Guiana2
Panama96United States7Trinidad and Tobago2
Argentina38Cuba5Netherlands1
Mexico36Dominican Republic2Brazil1