Caerois chorinaeus
| Caerois chorinaeus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Caerois |
| Species: | C. chorinaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Caerois chorinaeus | |
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Caerois chorinaeus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Suriname, the Guianas and Peru.[2]
Description
Caerois chorinaeus is a large butterfly with a very concave outer edge on its forewings, giving the apex a hooked shape, and pointed hindwings that form a tail. The upper side of the wings is dark brown, with the forewings barred by a yellow band from halfway along the costal margin to the outer angle, and the hindwings edged with a yellow marginal band. The reverse side is pearly brown. [3]
Subspecies
- Caerois chorinaeus chorinaeus (the Guianas)
- Caerois chorinaeus protonoe Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Peru)
- Caerois chorinaeus rufomarginata Lathy, 1918 (Peru)
References
- ^ "Caerois Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of America
- ^ Fruhstorfer, H., 1913. Family: Morphidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen.