Adults have black wings with yellow forewing bands and a broad transverse red stripe on the hindwing.
The larvae feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Granadilla. Full-grown larvae have a yellow body with black spots and a black head and reach a length of about 8 mm.[2]
heliconius, ricini, ricini, longwing, butterfly, family, nymphalidae, described, carl, linnaeus, 1758, found, from, venezuela, trinidad, guianas, northern, brazil, habitat, consists, savanna, type, areas, ricini, longwing, dorsal, view, ventral, view, scientif. 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 Ricini longwing Dorsal view Ventral view Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Nymphalidae Genus Heliconius Species H ricini Binomial name Heliconius ricini Linnaeus 1758 1 Synonyms Papilio ricini Linnaeus 1758 Papilio myrti Fabricius 1775 Papilio polyhymnia Shaw 1806 Eueides ricini insulanus Stichel 1909 Adults have black wings with yellow forewing bands and a broad transverse red stripe on the hindwing The larvae feed on Passiflora species from the subgenus Granadilla Full grown larvae have a yellow body with black spots and a black head and reach a length of about 8 mm 2 Subspecies editHeliconius ricini ricini northern South America Heliconius ricini insulanus Stichel 1909 Trinidad References edit Heliconius ricini at Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms TOLExternal links editHeliconius ricini at Heliconius Butterflies nbsp This Nymphalidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heliconius ricini amp oldid 1045960402, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
