title: Heliconius hecale
text: # Heliconius hecale
  
  Heliconius hecale, the tiger longwing, Hecale longwing, golden longwing or golden heliconian, is a heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon. Hecale, was an old woman who gave shelter to Theseus on his way to capture the Marathonian Bull.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Listed alphabetically:
  
  * H. h. anderida Hewitson, [1853]
  * H. h. annetta Riffarth, 1900
  * H. h. australis Brown, 1976
  * H. h. barcanti Brown, 1976
  * H. h. clearei Hall, 1930
  * H. h. discomaculatus Weymer, 1891
  * H. h. ennius Weymer, 1891
  * H. h. felix Weymer, 1894
  * H. h. fornarina Hewitson, [1854]
  * H. h. hecale (Fabricius, 1775)
  * H. h. holcophorus Staudinger, [1897]
  * H. h. humboldti Neustetter, 1928
  * H. h. ithaca C. & R. Felder, 1862
  * H. h. latus Riffarth, 1900
  * H. h. melicerta Bates, 1866
  * H. h. metellus Weymer, 1894
  * H. h. naxos Neukirchen, 1998
  * H. h. nigrofasciatus Weymer, 1894
  * H. h. novatus Bates, 1867
  * H. h. paraensis Riffarth, 1900
  * H. h. paulus Neukirchen, 1998
  * H. h. quitalena Hewitson, [1853]
  * H. h. rosalesi Brown & Fernández, 1976
  * H. h. sisyphus Salvin, 1871
  * H. h. shanki Lamas & Brown, 1976
  * H. h. sulphureus Weymer, 1894
  * H. h. vetustus Butler, 1873
  * H. h. zeus Neukirchen, 1995
  * H. h. zuleika Hewitson, 1854
  * Ventral view - dew covered
  * Just emerged
  