Heliconius pachinus

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Heliconiini
Genus: Heliconius
Species: Heliconius pachinus

Heliconius pachinus Salvin, 1871

Type locality: Panama, Chiriquí, Volcán Chiriquí.

Typus: Syntpes 3x male ♂ BMNH [Godman and Salvin collection] (see Ackery & Smiles, 1976). Possible Lectoype, Male ♂ legit Enrique Arcé, pre 1870s.

• Heliconius pachinus Salvin, 1871: 414 (Original combination); Hewitson, 1875: 83, pl. "Heliconia VIII" (pl.43), f. 26; Butler & Druce, 1874: 351; Staudinger, 1875: 98; Godman & Salvin, [1881]:158, pl. 18, f. 11; Ackery & Smiles, 1976: 199, pl. 28, fig. 287; Cicconardi et al. 2023, fig. 1a,b (genomics).
• Heliconius cydno pachinus Salvin, 1871; Lamas, 2004: #2402k

• Ackery, P.R. & Smiles, R.L. 1976. An illustrated list of the type specimens of the Heliconiinae lepidoptera Nymphalidae in the British Museum Natural Nistory. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History); Entomology 32(5): 171–214, 39 plates. BHL Reference page. 
• Butler, A.G. & Druce, H. 1874. List of the Butterflies of Costa Rica, with Descriptions of new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874: 330–370. BHL Reference page. 
• Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1879-1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera), 3 vols. London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol III (plates). Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• Salvin, O. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Butterflies from Tropical America. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 4(7) no.42: 412–416 BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222937108696405 Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O., 1875. Neue Lepidopteren des südamerikanischen Faunegebeits. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 25: 89-124. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

• Cicconardi, F., Milanetti, E., Pinheiro de Castro, E.C. et al. Evolutionary dynamics of genome size and content during the adaptive radiation of Heliconiini butterflies. Nature Communications 14: 5620. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41412-5

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