''Heliconius doris'', the Doris longwing or Doris
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of butterfly
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in the family Nymphalidae
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. It is known for being a polymorphic species which participates in various Müllerian mimicry rings throughout Central America
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and the Amazon
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rainforest. It is a species of special interest in biological science for the genetic basis and role of polymorphism (biology)
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in ecology and evolution.
It is commonly found from sea level to 1200 metres in forest clearings.[The Doris]
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The larvae primarily feed on granadilla species. Adults feed on nectar from ''Lantana
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'' flowers, with the females also collecting pollen from ''Psiguria
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'' and '' Psychotia'' flowers.[
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Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:["''Heliconius'' Kluk, 1780"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Heliconius doris delila'' (Hübner, 813 – (Peru)
*''Heliconius doris dives'' (Oberthür, 1920) – (Colombia, Venezuela)
*''Heliconius doris doris'' (Linnaeus, 1771) – (Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil)
*''Heliconius doris obscurus'' (Weymer, 1891) – (Colombia, Ecuador)
*''?Heliconius doris virescens'' Riffarth, 1901
*''Heliconius doris viridis'' (Staudinger, 1885) – (Panama, Honduras)
*''Heliconus doris morralli ''(Cast, 2019) – (Trinidad)
Laparus doris doris MHNT.jpg, ''H. d. doris'' - MHNT
Rayed longwing (Laparus doris doris) underside.JPG, ''H. d. doris''
Rayed longwing
Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil
Laparus doris viridis (Staudinger, 1885).jpg, ''H. d. viridis''
Las Horquetas
Costa Rica
References
External links
Species info
Tree of Life web project
Heliconius
Fauna of Brazil
Nymphalidae of South America
Butterflies described in 1771
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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