Subfamily Heliconiinae - Heliconians and Fritillaries

Classification

Gulf Fritillary Larva - Agraulis vanillae

Zebra longwing pupa - Heliconius charithonia

Gulf Fritillary caterpillar? - Agraulis vanillae

Spikey caterpillar 1 - Speyeria cybele - male

Caterpillar on Copper mallow - Euptoieta claudia

Caterpillar Identification help - Euptoieta

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))

Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)

Subfamily Heliconiinae (Heliconians and Fritillaries)

Contributed by Joel Kits on 10 March, 2005 - 10:45pm

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