#2979 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Zebra Longwing

🇳🇱 Zebravlinder ·Heliconius charithonia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Heliconius charithonia , the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian , is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning off predators.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 32,103iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
32,103 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).