Eresia lansdorfi

Eresia lansdorfi
Upperside, from Paraguay
Underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Eresia
Species:
E. lansdorfi
Binomial name
Eresia lansdorfi
(Godart, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Heliconia langsdorfii Hübner, 1823
  • Phyciodes jacinthica Röber, 1913
  • Phyciodes lansdorfi f. veternosa d'Almeida, 1922
  • Phyciodes lansdorfi f. sulphurata Zikán, 1937
  • Phyciodes lansdorfi Staudinger, 1885

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Eresia lansdorfi, the false erato or Lansdorf's crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Description

Eresia lansdorfi has a wingspan of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in). The upperside of the wings is black. The forewings have a yellowish basal stripe, while the postdiscal area is light red brown, including the costal bar. The hindwings have a pale yellow transverse band.[2]

This medium-sized species imitates (Batesian mimicry) two local subspecies of Heliconius erato (hence the common name) and Heliconius melpomene.[3]

Larvae feed on Ruellia brevifolia.[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Brazil, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Bulletin of British Museum
  3. ^ Tree of Life
  4. ^ Borboletas


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