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Eresia lansdorfi

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Eresia lansdorfi
Eresia lansdorfi from Paraguay. Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Eresia
Species:
E. lansdorfi
Binomial name
Eresia lansdorfi
(Godart, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Heliconia langsdorfii Hübner, 1823
  • Phyciodes jacinthica Röber, 1913
  • Phyciodes lansdorfi f. veternosa d'Almeida, 1922
  • Phyciodes lansdorfi f. sulphurata Zikán, 1937
  • Phyciodes lansdorfi Staudinger, 1885

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Eresia lansdorfi, common name Lansdorf's Crescent or the False Erato, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Description

Eresia lansdorfi has a wingspan of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in). The upperside of the wings is black. Forewings have a yellowish basal stripe, while the post-discal area is light red-brown, including costal bar. Hindwings have a pale yellow trasnverse band.[2]

This medium sized species imitates (Batesian mimicry) two local subspecies of Heliconius erato (hence the common name) and Heliconius melpomene.[3]

Larvae feed on Ruellia brevifolia.[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Brazil, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Funet
  2. ^ Bulletin of British Museum
  3. ^ Tree of Life
  4. ^ Borboletas


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