Heliconius

Translingual

Heliconius erato

Etymology

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Proper noun

Heliconius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – the longwings or heliconians.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Heliconiinae - subfamily; Heliconiini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus):Heliconius charithonia - type species; Heliconius antiochus, Heliconius astraea, Heliconius atthis, Heliconius besckei, Heliconius burneyi, Heliconius clysonymus, Heliconius congener, Heliconius cydno, Heliconius demeter, Heliconius egeria, Heliconius eleuchia, Heliconius elevatus, Heliconius erato, Heliconius ethilla, Heliconius hecale, Heliconius hecalesia, Heliconius hecuba, Heliconius hermathena, Heliconius heurippa, Heliconius hierax, Heliconius himera, Heliconius hortense, Heliconius ismenius, Heliconius lalitae, Heliconius leucadia, Heliconius luciana, Heliconius melpomene, Heliconius nattereri, Heliconius numata, Heliconius pardalinus, Heliconius peruvianus, Heliconius ricini, Heliconius sapho, Heliconius sara, Heliconius telesiphe, Heliconius timareta, Heliconius tristero, Heliconius wallacei, Heliconius xanthocles (species)

References

• Heliconius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Heliconius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Heliconius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Heliconius at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Heliconius at National Center for Biotechnology Information