Heliconius doris

Heliconius doris, the Doris longwing or Doris is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is known for being a polymorphic species which participates in various Müllerian mimicry rings throughout Central America and the Amazon rainforest. It is a species of special interest in biological science for the genetic basis and role of polymorphism (biology) in ecology and evolution.

Heliconius doris
Heliconius doris doris, Quito, Ecuador
Heliconius doris viridis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. doris
Binomial name
Heliconius doris (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
Papilio erato Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio doris Linnaeus, 1771 Laparus doris (Linnaeus, 1771) Papilio quirina Cramer, [1775] Papilio amathusia Cramer, [1777] Nereis delila Hübner, [1813] Migonitis crenis Hübner, 1816 Crenis brylle Hübner, 1821 Heliconia dorimena Doubleday, 1847 Heliconius mars Staudinger, 1885

It is commonly found from sea level to 1200 metres in forest clearings.

The larvae primarily feed on granadilla species. Adults feed on nectar from Lantana flowers, with the females also collecting pollen from Psiguria and Psychotia flowers.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

• Heliconius doris delila (Hübner, [1813]) – (Peru)
• Heliconius doris dives (Oberthür, 1920) – (Colombia, Venezuela)
• Heliconius doris doris (Linnaeus, 1771) – (Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil)
• Heliconius doris obscurus (Weymer, 1891) – (Colombia, Ecuador)
• ?Heliconius doris virescens Riffarth, 1901
• Heliconius doris viridis (Staudinger, 1885) – (Panama, Honduras)
• Heliconus doris morralli (Cast, 2019) – (Trinidad)

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  H. d. doris - MHNT
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  H. d. doris
  Rayed longwing
  Cristalino River
  Southern Amazon, Brazil
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  H. d. viridis
  Las Horquetas
  Costa Rica

External links

• Species info Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tree of Life web project