Pierella hortona

White-barred Lady Slipper

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pierella
Species:	P. hortona
Binomial name
*Pierella hortona* (Hewitson, 1854)^[1]
Synonyms
Haetera hortona Hewitson, 1854 Haetera hortensia C. & R. Felder, 1862 Pierella hortona f. albopunctata Brown, 1948 Pierella hortona f. ocellata Smart, 1975 Pierella albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 Pierella albofaciata decepta Brown, 1948

The White-barred Lady Slipper (Pierella hortona) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found east of the Andes in Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at altitudes between 100 and 1600 m.

Adults have a dark brown upperside, with a central patch of blue. Both sexes feed on decomposing fungi and mouldy fruit.

The larvae feed on Heliconia and possibly Calathea species.^[2]

Subspecies

Pierella hortona hortona (Brazil: Amazonas, Peru)
Pierella hortona albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 (Peru, Bolivia)

References

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