Heliconius clysonymus

Heliconius clysonymus, the Clysonymus longwing, yellow longwing or montane longwing, is a species of Heliconius butterfly found in Central and South America.

Clysonymus longwing
Dorsal view of H. c. clysonymus, Arví Park, Colombia
Ventral view of H. c. clysonymus, also at Arví Park
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heliconius
Species:	H. clysonymus
Binomial name
Heliconius clysonymus Latreille, [1817]
Synonyms
Heliconius clysonimus fischeri Fassl, 1912 Heliconius clysonimus flavopunctatus Fassl, 1912 Heliconius micrus Seitz, 1912 Heliconius clysonymus apicalis Joicey & Kaye, 1917 Heliconius clysonymus apicalis ab. semirubra Joicey & Kaye, 1917 Heliconius clysonymus perbellus Stichel, 1923 Heliconius hygianus fischeri f. leonis H. & R. Holzinger, 1970 Heliconius hygianus fischeri f. leoncitonis H. & R. Holzinger, 1970 Heliconia hygiana Hewitson, 1867 Heliconius hygiana ab. albescens Kaye, 1916 Heliconius montanus Salvin, 1871

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

• H. c. clysonymus Latreille, [1817] – (Colombia)
• H. c. hygiana (Hewitson, 1867) – (Ecuador)
• H. c. montanus Salvin, 1871 – montane longwing (Costa Rica, Panama)
• H. c. tabaconas Brown, 1976 – (Peru, Costa Rica)

• 
  H. c. montanus
  Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
• 
  H. c. montanus
  Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama

External links

• Clysonymus longwing, Neotropical Butterflies
• Yellow longwing, Discover Life