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Panacea procilla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Panacea procilla

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Panacea

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Panacea, Panacea prola, Ectima, Batesia, Biblidinae

Panacea procilla


Panacea procilla, the Procilla beauty, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Panama to the Amazon basin and Colombia.

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The wingspan is 80–95 mm. The underside of the hindwings is reddish with a dull reddish brown hue, overlaid with broken wavy black lines and a series of submarginal ocelli. Adults feed on fallen fruits in the forest.

Subspecies

  • Panacea procilla procilla (western Venezuela)
  • Panacea procilla lysimache Godman & Salvin, [1883] (Panama (Volcan Chiriqui), Costa Rica)
  • Panacea procilla ocana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Colombia (lower Magdalena River))
  • Panacea procilla salacia Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Colombia)
  • Panacea procilla mamorensis Hall, 1917 (Brazil(Rondônia))

    • References

    Panacea procilla Wikipedia
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