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Heliconius

genus of insects
Taxon Taxon Q655665

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Heliconiini[3]
Taxon name
Heliconius[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
Taxon synonym
Laparus, Neruda[5][6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Heliconius ar هلكونيوس he הליקוניוס ja ドクチョウ属 zh 袖蝶屬
🔖 Identifiers · 24
OpenAlex ID
C2776713692
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Heliconius mimicry.png ↗
BOLD Systems taxon ID
7155
BioLib taxon ID
133294
BugGuide taxon ID
346
Catalogue of Life ID
8ZXNM
EPPO Code
1HELUG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
18499
Freebase ID
/m/026cxrz
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
1900140
INaturalist taxon ID
49767
IRMNG ID
11916053
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ITIS TSN
777590
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
13721
LepIndex ID
152329
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776713692
NCBI taxonomy ID
33416
NL CR AUT ID
ph965255
Open Tree of Life ID
1050577
Plazi ID
491817D9-9241-86C3-ECB8-D7A6D00F61F3
Topic's main category
Category:Heliconius
UMLS CUI
C1004476
Yale LUX ID
concept/cde8cd29-e0b5-43d3-b0fd-651424219a12
ZooBank ID for name or act
9071CB0B-B4D1-4E62-B3C9-8118C4A8F919

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 42
Heliconius charithonia, Heliconius erato, Heliconius melpomene, Heliconius doris, Heliconius hecale, Heliconius ismenius, Sara Longwing, Heliconius cydno +34 more
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Heliconiini
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Heliconius
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Heliconius
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Summary

Heliconius is a taxon[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    LepIndex ID → 152329
    "Created claim: LepIndex ID: 152329, batch #270217"
  2. 11w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Laparus, Neruda
    Taxon rank → genus
    Parent taxon → Heliconiini
    Topic's main category → Category:Heliconius
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [tt] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48421"
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