Eunica pomona

Rounded Purplewing
Eunica pomona from Colombia. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Biblidinae
Tribe: Biblidini
Genus: Eunica
Species: E. pomona
Binomial name
Eunica pomona
(C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Synonyms
  • Faunia pomona C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Eunica pomona f. pompata Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Eunica amata Druce, 1874

The Rounded Purplewing (Eunica pomona) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Description

Eunica pomona has a wingspan reaching about 57 millimetres (2.2 in). The uppersides of the anterior wings are black, with a bright blue band from the base of the coastal margin to the apex. Posterior wings have a broad submarginal band of blue. The undersides of the anterior wings are brown, lighter at the base and the inner margin, while the apex is greyish. The posterior wings are dark brown with two black spots in the middle, followed by some irregular transverse dark brown bands.

Distribution

This species occurs in Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.

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