ˌheləˈkōnēəs noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, of Helicon
1. capitalized : a large Neotropical genus of long-winged butterflies that are often brilliantly colored or mimetic and that with related American butterflies constitute a subfamily of Nymphalidae or in some classifications the separate family Heliconiidae
2. plural helico·nii -ēˌī : any butterfly of the genus Heliconius