Appearance
The wingspan is 60–70 mm. The forewings are orange with a black margin and four black spots. The hindwings are orange with two black stripes.
Naming
*"Heliconius ethilla ethilla"⤷ "Heliconius ethilla adela" Neustetter, 1912
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla aerotome" C. & R. Felder, 1862
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla cephallenia" C. & R. Felder, [1865]
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla chapadensis" Brown, 1973
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla claudia" Godman & Salvin, 1881
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla eucoma"
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla flavofasciatus" Weymer, 1894
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla flavomaculatus" Weymer, 1894
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla hyalina" Neustetter, 1928
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla jaruensis" Brown, 1976
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla latona" Neukirchen, 1998
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla mentor" Weymer, 1883
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla metalilis" Butler, 1873
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla michaelianius" Lamas, 1988
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla narcaea" Godart, 1819
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla nebulosa" Kaye, 1916
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla neukircheni" Lamas, 1998
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla numismaticus" Weymer, 1894
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla penthesilea" Neukirchen, 1994
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla polychrous" C. & R. Felder, [1865]
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla semiflavidus" Weymer, 1894
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla thielei" Riffarth, 1900
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla tyndarus" Weymer, 1897
⤷ "Heliconius ethilla yuruani" Brown & Fernández, 1985
Food
The larvae feed on "Passiflora" species. Full-grown larvae have a white body with an orange head and reach a length of about 17 mm.References:
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