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Cabirus procas

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Cabirus procas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Cabirus
Species:
C. procas
Binomial name
Cabirus procas
(Cramer, 1777)
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Distribution     Native range

Cabirus procas is a species of butterfly of the genus Cabirus.[1]

Description

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Male specimens of C. procas is yellow and black, while female specimens look completely different, where white hyaline spots replace the yellow colour with brownish-black veins and folds.[2]

Distribution

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Cabirus procas can be found in the Amazon basin, from The Guianas to Peru.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cramer (1777) Uitlandsche Kapellen, voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en bescreeven. 2.
  2. ^ a b Seitz, Adalbert (1933), The Macrolepidoptera of the world : a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera, Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.61923, OCLC 5987765, Wikidata Q51500548