Kingdom Animalia Family Castniidae Genus Amauta Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Imara satrapes, Butterflies and moths, Amauta cacica, Telchin, Telchin licus | ||
Amauta papilionaris is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Panama.
The wingspan is about 103–135 mm. Adults are dark brown with a transverse yellowish band running parallel to the exterior margin on the forewings. There is a small, colon shaped, yellow spot on the discal area. There is a turquoise band on the hindwings which runs from the costal margin to the anal margin, without touching it.
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