---
title: "Zebravlinder"
description: "Heliconius charithonia — Insecten en spinnen. Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/zebra-longwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zebravlinder

> Heliconius charithonia — Insecten en spinnen. Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Heliconius charithonia*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 31594
- Wikidata: [Q169449](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169449)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49766](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49766)

## Names

- en: Zebra Longwing
- de: Zebrafalter
- es: Mariposa cebra de alas largas
- nl: Zebravlinder

## Countries with the most observations

US (16536), MX (7911), CR (678), CO (571), DO (560), GT (427), PR (398), HN (336), CU (256), JM (224), BZ (164), PA (146)

## Summary

Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning off predators. It is the state butterfly of Florida.
The species is distributed across South and Central America and as far north as southern Texas and peninsular Florida; there are migrations north into other American states in the warmer months.
Zebra longwing adults roost communally at night in groups of…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconius_charithonia

## Photo

![Zebravlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/zebra-longwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259274187

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/zebra-longwing?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).