Eunica pomona

Rounded purplewing
Mounted specimen from Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Eunica
Species:	E. pomona
Binomial name
Eunica pomona (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Synonyms
Faunia pomona C. & R. Felder, 1867 Eunica pomona f. pompata Fruhstorfer, 1909 Eunica amata Druce, 1874

Eunica pomona, the rounded purplewing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Description

Eunica pomona has a wingspan of about 57 millimetres (2.2 in). The uppersides of the anterior wings are black, with a bright blue band from the base of the coastal margin to the apex. Posterior wings have a broad submarginal band of blue. The undersides of the anterior wings are brown, lighter at the base and the inner margin, while the apex is greyish. The posterior wings are dark brown with two black spots in the middle, followed by some irregular transverse dark brown bands.

Distribution

This species occurs in Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Subspecies

• Eunica pomona pomona (Colombia)
• Eunica pomona amata Druce, 1874 (Costa Rica, Panama)

References

• "Eunica Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Eunica pomona amata, Butterflies of America