Pereute leucodrosime

Pereute leucodrosime
Pereute leucodrosime, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pereute
Species:
P. leucodrosime
Binomial name
Pereute leucodrosime
(Kollar, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Euterpe leucodrosime Kollar, 1850[1]
  • Euterpe latona Butler, 1869

Pereute leucodrosime, the red banded pereute, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.[2][3]

Subspecies

Subspecies include:[4]

  • Pereute leucodrosime caesarea (Ecuador)
  • Pereute leucodrosime leucodrosime (Colombia, Venezuela)
  • Pereute leucodrosime beryllina (Ecuador)
  • Pereute leucodrosime bellatrix (Peru)
Mounted specimen

Distribution

This species can be found in South America, including Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Peru.[4]

Habitat

These butterflies mainly inhabit valley floor, tree canopy and forest edge.[5]

Description

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

Adults are active in the morning during sunny conditions.[5]

References

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Catalogue of life
  3. ^ Gerardo Lamas: Pieridae of the World
  4. ^ a b Pereute, funet.fi
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Inventory of the butterfly species of Sangay National Park - Ecuador


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