Philaethria

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Heliconiini
Genus: Philaethria
Species: P. andrei – P. browni – P. constantinoi – P. diatonica – P. dido – P. neildi – P. ostara – P. pygmalion – P. romeroi – P. wernickei
Name

Philaethria Billberg, 1820

Type species: Papilio dido Linnaeus, 1763
Synonyms

Metamandana Stichel, 1907, in Wytsman, Gens Ins. 63: 6 TS: Papilio dido Linnaeus 1763

References

Billberg, 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 77
Constantino, L.M.; Salazar, J.A. 2010: A review of the Philaethria dido species complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) and description of three new sibling species from Colombia and Venezuela. Zootaxa, 2720: 1–27. Preview
Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Philaethria is a genus of New World butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species

The following is a list of species classified under Philaethria:[1]

Philaethria andrei Brevignon, 2002 - Found in Macouria, French Guiana
Philaethria constantinoi Salazar, 1991 - (incertae sedis) Found in the Chocó Department of western Colombia
Philaethria diatonica (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in Central America and Mexico
Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763) – scarce bamboo page, longwing dido, or green heliconia – The most widespread species of Philaethria. It can be found as far north as Mexico and Texas[2] to as far south as the Amazon basin.[3]
Philaethria ostara (Röber, 1906) - Found in the Cauca Department of western Colombia
Philaethria pygmalion (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in the state of Pará, Brazil
Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906) - Found in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul of Brazil

Philaethria dido

Philaethria pygmalion - MHNT

References

"Philaethria Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Butterflies of Texas: Scarce Bamboo Page (Philaethria dido)". Butterflies of North America, The Registry of Nature Habitats. Retrieved July 30, 2011.

"Dido Longwing". Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes. Retrieved July 30, 2011.

Philaethria, Tree of life