left, ''H. b. catharinae''
variation ''serpensis''
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil ''Heliconius burneyi'', the Burney's longwing, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1831. It is found in the

Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

. The habitat consists of tall forests.TOL
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Subspecies

*''Heliconius burneyi burneyi'' (French Guiana) *''Heliconius burneyi ada'' Neustetter, 1925 (Brazil: Rondônia) *''Heliconius burneyi anjae'' Neukirchen, 1995 (Brazil: Amazonas) *''Heliconius burneyi boliviensis'' Neukirchen, 1995 (Bolivia) *''Heliconius burneyi catharinae'' Staudinger, 1885 (Brazil: Pará, Amazonas) *''Heliconius burneyi huebneri'' Staudinger, 1897 (Peru) *''Heliconius burneyi jamesi'' Neukirchen, 1995 (Peru) *''Heliconius burneyi koenigi'' Neukirchen, 1995 (Peru) *''Heliconius burneyi lindigii'' C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Colombia) *''Heliconius burneyi mirtarosa'' Orellana, 2006 (Venezuela) *''Heliconius burneyi skinneri'' Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

References

''Heliconius burneyi'' at Heliconius Butterflies
burneyi Nymphalidae of South America Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of French Guiana Lepidoptera of Venezuela Fauna of the Amazon Butterflies described in 1831 Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Lepidoptera of Peru {{Nymphalidae-stub