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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Heliconians and Fritillaries (Heliconiinae) » Longwings or Heliconians (Heliconiini) » Banded Orange (Dryadula) » Banded Orange Heliconian - Hodges#4415 (Dryadula phaetusa)

Species Dryadula phaetusa - Banded Orange Heliconian - Hodges#4415

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Banded Orange (Dryadula phaetusa) - Dryadula phaetusa

Banded Orange Heliconian - Dryadula phaetusa

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Subfamily Heliconiinae (Heliconians and Fritillaries)

Tribe Heliconiini (Longwings or Heliconians)

Genus Dryadula (Banded Orange)

Species phaetusa (Banded Orange Heliconian - Hodges#4415)

Hodges Number

4415

Other Common Names

Orange Tiger, Banded Longwing (BOA)

Explanation of Names

Dryadula phaetusa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Size

88-90mm (1)

Identification

Adults: Upperside of male bright orange with black stripes. Female has smeared stripes and is duller. (1)

Caterpillar is dull purple, four rows of long spines, and has two spiny horns on head. (1)

Range

s TX (as a stray) to Brazil (BOA), (also Kansas!) (1)

Habitat

Brushy, open ares of tropical lowlands. (1)

Season

July and December in Texas. (1)

Food

Passionvines (1)

Remarks

First U.S. Record: Sarita, Kenedy Co., Texas - 1933 (Glazbrook 1934)

Print References

Glazbrook, H. 1934. Capture of a species of Colaenis new to the United States (Lepid.: Nymphalidae). Entomological News 45(9): 251-252.

Internet References

Butterflies of America - BOA

NABA South Texas - NABA

Works Cited

1.	A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides) Paul A. Opler, Vichai Malikul, Roger Tory Peterson. 1992. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Mike Boone on 8 September, 2005 - 7:33am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, David Ferguson
Last updated 28 December, 2017 - 5:08pm

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