Eresia nauplius

Eresia nauplius
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	Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Eresia
Species:	E. nauplius
Binomial name
	Eresia nauplius; (Hewitson, 1852)
Synonyms
	Papilio nauplius Linnaeus, 1758; Phyciodes nauplia extensa Hall, 1929; Phyciodes nauplia plagiata Röber, 1913;

Eresia nauplius, the Peruvian crescent or Nauplius crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1852. It is found in most of the Amazon region. The habitat consists of forest edges with low vegetation, including river banks, forest clearings, glades and roadsides.

The wingspan is about 45 mm.^[2] Adults feed on flower nectar and males have been observed imbibing moisture from sandbanks, river beds, drying pools or peccary wallows.^[3]

Subspecies

Eresia nauplius nauplius (Guyanas, Brazil: Amazonas)
Eresia nauplius extensa (Hall, 1929) (Brazil: Mato Grosso, lower Rio Madeira)
Eresia nauplius plagiata (Röber, 1913) (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador)

E. n. extensa
Southern Amazon, Brazil
E. n. plagiata
Peruvian crescent

References

^ "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
^ learnaboutbutterflies.com

Eresia nauplius at MCZBASE: The Database of the Zoological Collections

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[1] "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)

[3] rnaboutbutterflies.com

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