Dynamine postverta
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| Dynamine postverta postverta male | |
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| Dynamine postverta postverta female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Dynamine |
| Species: | D. postverta |
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| Dynamine postverta (Cramer, [1780])[1] | |
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Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta Greenwing or Four-spot Sailor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found throughout most tropical and subtropical areas of central and South America, from Mexico south to Argentina and Paraguay.[2] The habitat includes primary rainforests, humid deciduous woodlands, scrubby grassland and farmland at altitudes up to about 900 metres.
The larvae feed on Dalechampia species. They are slug-like, with tiny rosettes of spines on the back.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Dynamine postverta postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
- Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras)
References
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- 1 2 Dynamine, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Dynamine postverta, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
- Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3 (22), pl.254, f. C,D.
- Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.
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