Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eresia | |
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Similar Eresia, Memphis moruus, Enantia lina, Ortilia, Hermeuptychia hermes | ||
Eresia lansdorfi pqibirapuera spbr 7 9 2015 antonio silveira
Eresia lansdorfi, common name Lansdorf's Crescent or the False Erato, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
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Eresia lansdorfi lansdorf s crescent false erato melitaeini
Description
Eresia lansdorfi has a wingspan of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in). The upperside of the wings is black. Forewings have a yellowish basal stripe, while the post-discal area is light red-brown, including costal bar. Hindwings have a pale yellow trasnverse band.
This medium sized species imitates (Batesian mimicry) two local subspecies of Heliconius erato (hence the common name) and Heliconius melpomene.
Larvae feed on Ruellia brevifolia.
Distribution
This species can be found in Brazil, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru.
References
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