Heliconius nattereri
| Natterer's longwing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heliconius |
| Species: | H. nattereri
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliconius nattereri C. & R. Felder, 1865
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Heliconius nattereri (Natterer's longwing) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic forest of Brazil.
The butterfly has been found in the Feliciano Miguel Abdala Private Natural Heritage Reserve in the state of Minas Gerais.[2]
The wings of the female H. nattereri are black, orange, and yellow in color, while the male wings are a black and yellow pattern. Males tend to fly faster and congregate in the canopy, while females fly slower and stay in the middle story.
References[]
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Heliconius nattereri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9804A13018123. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9804A13018123.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Eduardo M. Veado, RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala: Characteristics, Preserve-Muriqui, retrieved 2016-05-09
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- ^ Massardo, Darli; VanKuren, Nicholas W.; Nallu, Sumitha; Ramos, Renato R.; Ribeiro, Pedro G.; Silva-Brandão, Karina L.; Brandão, Marcelo M.; Lion, Marília B.; Freitas, André V. L.; Cardoso, Márcio Z.; Kronforst, Marcus R. (December 2020). "The roles of hybridization and habitat fragmentation in the evolution of Brazil's enigmatic longwing butterflies, Heliconius nattereri and H. hermathena". BMC Biology. 18 (1): 84. doi:10.1186/s12915-020-00797-1. ISSN 1741-7007. PMC 7334841. PMID 32620168.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Heliconius
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterflies described in 1865
- Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
- Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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