User:Eratosignis/Heliconius eratosignis

Heliconius eratosignis, the eratosignis longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Joicey & Talbot in 1925 The habitat consists of sandy rainforests.

The larvae are gregarious and appear mainly to feed on Dilkea species Passifloraceae. Full-grown larvae have a yellow body with black bands and a black head. They reach a length of about 20 mm.

Etymology
The species is probably named because the species is rather difficult to distinguish from Heliconius erato.

Subspecies

 * H. d. tambopata Lamas, 1985 (Peru)
 * H. d. zikani Brown & Benson, 1975 (Brazil: Amazonas)