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Heliconiini

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Heliconiini
Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Tribe: Heliconiini
Swainson, 1822
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Heliconiini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae, also known as the passion-vine butterflies. This group has roughly 100 species and subspecies distributed primarily in the Neotropics.[1][2][3]

Genera and select species

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Two additional genera, Laparus Billberg, 1820 and Neruda Turner, 1976, have recently been synonymized with Heliconius.

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References

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  1. ^ "Tree of Life Web Project". Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  2. ^ Nymphalidae.net Archived 2010-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Tribe Heliconiini at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms