Pereute leucodrosime
Appearance
Pereute leucodrosime | |
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Pereute leucodrosime, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Pereute |
Species: | P. leucodrosime
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Binomial name | |
Pereute leucodrosime (Kollar, 1850)
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Synonyms | |
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Pereute leucodrosime, the red banded pereute, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.[2][3]
Subspecies
[edit]Subspecies include:[4]
- Pereute leucodrosime caesarea (Ecuador)
- Pereute leucodrosime leucodrosime (Colombia, Venezuela)
- Pereute leucodrosime beryllina (Ecuador)
- Pereute leucodrosime bellatrix (Peru)
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Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in South America, including Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Peru.[4]
Habitat
[edit]These butterflies mainly inhabit valley floor, tree canopy and forest edge.[5]
Description
[edit]Pereute leucodrosime has a wingspan of 62–70 mm.[6] This butterfly is basically black, with two orange transversal band on the uppersides of the forewings and a blue basal area on the uppersides of hindwings. The undersides of the hindwings are uniformly blackish, with some red spots close to the base.
Biology
[edit]Adults are active in the morning during sunny conditions.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Biolib
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ Gerardo Lamas: Pieridae of the World
- ^ a b Pereute, funet.fi
- ^ a b Michael F. Braby Mate–location behavior in Pereute Herrich–Schäffer butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with a review of male behavior at encounter sites in the subtribe Aporiina
- ^ Inventory of the butterfly species of Sangay National Park - Ecuador
External links
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