genus

HeliconiusKluk, 1802

species: 58out of 8965% covered
images: 2,768

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

genusHeliconius58 species2,768 images
- speciesHeliconius adelaNeustetter, 1912
- speciesHeliconius aglaopeFelder, C. & Felder, R., 18624 images
- speciesHeliconius aliphera(Latreille & Godart, 1819)94 images
- speciesHeliconius amaryllisFelder, C. & Felder, R., 1862
- speciesHeliconius amphitriteRiffarth, 1901
- speciesHeliconius anderidaHewitson, 18524 images
- speciesHeliconius antiochusLinnaeus, 176758 images
- speciesHeliconius aoede(Hübner, 1816)17 images
- speciesHeliconius arcuatus(Goeze, 1779)
- speciesHeliconius assimilisRöber, 1921
- speciesHeliconius atthisDoubleday16 images
- speciesHeliconius aulicusWeymer, 1884
- speciesHeliconius besckeiMénétriés, 185747 images
- speciesHeliconius burneyi(Hübner, 1816)78 images
- speciesHeliconius charithonia(Linnaeus, 1767)355 images
- speciesHeliconius clysonymusLatreille, 181733 images
- speciesHeliconius clytia(Cramer, 1775)recorded as Papilio clytia63 images
- speciesHeliconius congenerWeymer & Maassen, 18904 images
- speciesHeliconius crispusStaudinger & Schatz2 images
- speciesHeliconius cydnoDoubleday95 images
- speciesHeliconius cyrbiaLatreille & Godart, 18192 images
- speciesHeliconius demeterStaudinger, 18962 images
- speciesHeliconius dignusStichel, 1923
- speciesHeliconius doris(Linnaeus, 1771)68 images
- speciesHeliconius egeria(Cramer)20 images
- speciesHeliconius elevatusNöldner, 19016 images
- speciesHeliconius enniusWeymer, 1890
- speciesHeliconius erato(Linnaeus, 1758)327 images
- speciesHeliconius eratosignis(Joicey & Talbot, 1925)
- speciesHeliconius estrellaBates, 18622 images
- speciesHeliconius ethillaLatreille & Godart, 1819125 images
- speciesHeliconius favorinusHopffer, 1874
- speciesHeliconius fortunatusWeymer, 1884
- speciesHeliconius godmaniStaudinger, 1882
- speciesHeliconius gradatusWeymer, 1893
- speciesHeliconius hecale(Fabricius, 1775)109 images
- speciesHeliconius hecalesiaHewitson, 185320 images
- speciesHeliconius hecubaHewitson, 18579 images
- speciesHeliconius hermathenaHewitson, 18536 images
- speciesHeliconius hermogenesHewitson, 18572 images
- speciesHeliconius heurippaHewitson, 185413 images
- speciesHeliconius hewitsoniStaudinger, 187512 images
- speciesHeliconius hieraxHewitson, 18695 images
- speciesHeliconius himeraHewitson, 18673 images
- speciesHeliconius hippolaHewitson, 18674 images
- speciesHeliconius hortenseGuérin-Méneville41 images
- speciesHeliconius humboldtiNeustetter, 1928
- speciesHeliconius hydaraHewitson, 18676 images
- speciesHeliconius hygianaHewitson, 1867
- speciesHeliconius ignotusJoicey & Kaye, 1917
- speciesHeliconius ismeniusLatreille, 181797 images
- speciesHeliconius lalitaeBrévignon, 1996
- speciesHeliconius leucadiaBates, 18628 images
- speciesHeliconius longarenusHewitson, 1875
- speciesHeliconius lucianaLichy, 19602 images
- speciesHeliconius melpomene(Linnaeus, 1758)267 images
- speciesHeliconius metharmeErichson, 1848recorded as Neruda metharme18 images
- speciesHeliconius microcleaKaye, 1907
- speciesHeliconius mixtaApolinar, 1927
- speciesHeliconius nannaStichel, 1899
- speciesHeliconius narcaeaLatreille & Godart, 18198 images
- speciesHeliconius nattereriFelder, C. & Felder, R., 18654 images
- speciesHeliconius numatus(Cramer, 1780)136 images
- speciesHeliconius pachinusSalvin, 187110 images
- speciesHeliconius paraensisRiffarth, 1900
- speciesHeliconius pardalinusBates, 186219 images
- speciesHeliconius penelopeStaudinger, 18942 images
- speciesHeliconius petiveranusDoubleday2 images
- speciesHeliconius phyllis(Fabricius, 1775)4 images
- speciesHeliconius pioneHübner, 1816
- speciesHeliconius primularisButler, 1869recorded as Heliconius eleuchia21 images
- speciesHeliconius quitalenusHewitson, 1852
- speciesHeliconius ricini(Linnaeus, 1758)15 images
- speciesHeliconius rubelliusGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
- speciesHeliconius sapho(Drury, 1782)60 images
- speciesHeliconius sara(Fabricius, 1793)223 images
- speciesHeliconius schulziRiffarth, 1899
- speciesHeliconius seraphiniTalbot, 1932
- speciesHeliconius sergestusWeymer, 18932 images
- speciesHeliconius sulphureusWeymer, 1893
- speciesHeliconius telesipheDoubleday28 images
- speciesHeliconius timaretaHewitson, 1867recorded as Mycalesis richardi33 images
- speciesHeliconius vetustusButler, 1873
- speciesHeliconius vulcanusButler, 18652 images
- speciesHeliconius wallaceiReakirt, 186698 images
- speciesHeliconius wernickeiWeymer, 1906
- speciesHeliconius weymeriStaudinger, 1896
- speciesHeliconius xanthoclesBates, 186252 images
- speciesHeliconius xenocleaHewitson, 18525 images

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Classification