Godyris zavaleta

Godyris zavaleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Godyris
Species:	G. zavaleta
Binomial name
Godyris zavaleta (Hewitson, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
Ithomia zavaleta Hewitson, 1855 Ithomia gonussa Hewitson, 1856 Ithomia telesilla Hewitson, 1863 Ithomia sosunga Reakirt, [1866] Ithomia petersii Dewitz, 1877 Ithomia zygia Godman & Salvin, 1877 Hymenitis matronalis Weymer, 1883 Dismenitis zavaletta amaretta Haensch, 1903 Dismenitis zygia var. caesiopicta Niepelt, 1915 Godyris zavaleta sorites Fox, 1968

Godyris zavaleta, the Zavaleta Glasswing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Costa Rica to southern Peru. The habitat consists of lowland and mid-elevation rainforests at altitudes up to 900 meters.

Adults visit the flowers of Epidendrum panniculatum. Adult males sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium, Tournefourtia, Myosotis, Eupatorium, Neomiranda and Senecio species, making the species toxic to deter predation by birds.^[2]

The larvae feed on Solanum species (including Solanum brenesii), but have also been recorded feeding on Cestrum nocturnum.

Subspecies

• Godyris zavaleta zavaleta (Colombia)
• Godyris zavaleta baudoensis Vitale & Rodriguez, 2004 (Colombia)
• Godyris zavaleta caesiopicta (Niepelt, 1915) (Costa Rica, Panama)
• Godyris zavaleta eutelina Brévignon, 1993 (Guyanas)
• Godyris zavaleta gonussa (Hewitson, 1856) (Colombia)
• Godyris zavaleta huallaga Fox, 1941 (Peru)
• Godyris zavaleta matronalis (Weymer, 1883) (Ecuador)
• Godyris zavaleta petersii (Dewitz, 1877) (Colombia)
• Godyris zavaleta rosata Vitale & Rodriguez, 2004 (Ecuador)
• Godyris zavaleta sosunga (Reakirt, [1866]) (Honduras)
• Godyris zavaleta telesilla (Hewitson, 1863) (Ecuador)
• Godyris zavaleta zygia (Godman & Salvin, 1877) (Costa Rica to Panama)

References

1. Godyris, funet.fi
2. Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes