Eresia lansdorfi
| Eresia lansdorfi | |
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| Upperside, from Paraguay | |
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| Underside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Eresia |
| Species: | E. lansdorfi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eresia lansdorfi (Godart, 1819)
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Eresia lansdorfi, the false erato or Lansdorf's crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
[edit]Eresia lansdorfi has a wingspan of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in). The upperside of the wings is black. The forewings have a yellowish basal stripe, while the postdiscal area is light red brown, including the costal bar. The hindwings have a pale yellow transverse band.[2]
This medium-sized species imitates (Batesian mimicry) two local subspecies of Heliconius erato (hence the common name) and Heliconius melpomene.[3]
Larvae feed on Ruellia brevifolia.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in Brazil, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Bulletin of British Museum
- ^ Tree of Life
- ^ Borboletas
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