Heliconiini

Heliconiini : Neruda aoede aoede

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Ditrysia Sectio: Cossina Subsectio: Bombycina Superfamilia: Papilionoidea Series: Papilioniformes

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Heliconiini
Genera: Agraulis – Dione – Dryadula – Dryas – Eueides – Heliconius – Laparus – Neruda – Philaethria – Podotricha

Name

Heliconiini Swainson, 1822

References

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• Brower, A.V.Z., 1996: Parallel race formation and the evolution of mimicry in Heliconius butterflies: a phylogenetic hypothesis from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Evolution 50: 195-221.
• Brower, A.V.Z., 1997: The evolution of ecologically important characters in Heliconius butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a cladistic review. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119: 457-472.
• Brower, A.V.Z., and M.G. Egan, 1997: Cladistic analysis of Heliconius butterflies and relatives (Nymphalidae: Heliconiiti): a revised phylogenetic position for Eueides based on sequences from mtDNA and a nuclear gene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 264: 969-977.
• Brown, K.S., 1973: The Heliconians of Brazil (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Three new subspecies from the Mato Grosso and Rondonia. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 13: 1-19. Full article: [1].
• Brown Jr., K.S., 1981: The biology of Heliconius and related genera. Annual Review of Entomology 26: 427-456.
• Emsley, M., 1963: A morphological study of imagine Heliconiinae (Lep.: Nymphalidae) with a consideration of the evolutionary relationships within the group. Zoologica 50: 191-254.
• Lamas, G., (ed) 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Gainsville, Florida.
• Michner, C. D., 1942: A generic revision of the Heliconiinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). American Museum Novitates 1197: 1-8.
• Neukirchen, W.M., 2000: Two new subspecies of Ecuadorian Heliconiinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 110 (5): 141-143.
• Penz, C.M., 1999: Higher level phylogeny for the passion-vine butterflies (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) based on early stage and adult morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 127: 277-344.
• Penz, C.M. & Peggie, D., 2003: Phylogenetic relationships among Heliconiinae genera based on morphology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Systematic Entomology 28: 451-479.