Panacea procilla

Panacea procilla
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Panacea
Species: P. procilla
Binomial name
Panacea procilla
(Hewitson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pandora procilla Hewitson, 1852
  • Panacea lysimache Godman & Salvin, [1883]

The Procilla Beauty (Panacea procilla) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Panama to the Amazon Basin and Colombia.

The wingspan is 80–95 mm. The underside of the hindwings is reddish with a dull reddish brown hue, overlaid with broken wavy black lines and a series of submarginal ocelli. Adults feed on fallen fruits in the forest.

Subspecies

References

  1. Panacea, funet.fi


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