Panacea prola

Panacea prola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Panacea
Species:	P. prola
Binomial name
	Panacea prola; (Doubleday, [1848])
Synonyms
	Pandora prola Doubleday, [1848]; Pandora prola Westwood, [1850];

Panacea prola, the prola beauty or red flasher, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica^[2] to southern Brazil, but is most common in the foothills of the eastern Peruvian Andes.^[3]

The wingspan is 65–75 mm. The underside of the hindwings is bright red without markings.

Subspecies

Panacea prola prola (Colombia, Venezuela)
Panacea prola zaraja Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Venezuela)
Panacea prola amazonica Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Upper Amazon, Peru, Ecuador)
Panacea prola prolifica Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Ecuador)

References

^ Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador) : Panacea-prola Doubleday 1848
^ Butterflies of Amazonia - Panacea prola

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[1] Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador) : Panacea-prola Doubleday 1848

[3] Butterflies of Amazonia - Panacea prola

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