Pereute callinira

Pereute callinira
Pereute callinira from Peru. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pereute
Species: P. callinira
Binomial name
Pereute callinira
Staudinger, 1884
Synonyms
  • Pereute callinira numatia Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Pereute callinira ecuadorensis Joicey & Talbot, 1928
  • Pereute leucodrosime bellatrix f. sinemacula Bryk, 1953
  • Pereute callinira f. pallida Reissinger, 1970

Pereute callinira is a butterfly of the Pieridae family.

Description

Pereute callinira has a wingspan of about 65–70 millimetres (2.6–2.8 in).[1] The basic colour of the wings is black or dark brown. The uppersides of the forewings are crossed by a red band, while the basal area of the hindwings is blue. The undersides of the wings are uniformly blackish.[2][3] Larvae feed on Nectandra species (Lauraceae).[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador.[5]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Butterflies of the Sangay National Park
  2. ↑ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
  3. ↑ Michael F. Braby and Kenji Nishida Mate–location behavior in Pereute Herrich–Schäffer butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
  4. ↑ Pereute callinira in Caterpillars.org
  5. 1 2 3 Funet
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