Narope cyllastros
| Narope cyllastros | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Narope |
| Species: | N. cyllastros
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| Binomial name | |
| Narope cyllastros | |
Narope cyllastros is a Neotropical species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon and Mexico.
Description
The male is rust-red above, apex of the forewing and basal half of the hindwing darkened with brownish. Distal margin of the hindwing only feebly angled at the middle median vein. The under surface is pale ochreous with scattered darker small spots, striae and shading, the whitish spots of the hindwing apparently always absent with the exception of the anterior ones. Female with the hindwing more strongly angled; upper surface of the wings dark brown or smoke-brown.[3]
Biology
The larvae feed on Bambusa spp.
References
- ^ Narope Doubleday, [1849 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Doubleday, E. [1849] The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. HewitsonLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London
- ^ Fruhstorfer, H., 1913. Family: Brassolidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain..