Eresia lansdorfi

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

[1]

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. 1 2 Funet
  2. ↑ Bulletin of British Museum
  3. ↑ Tree of Life
  4. ↑ Borboletas
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