Godyris zavaleta

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Godyris zavaleta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Godyris
Species:
G. zavaleta
Binomial name
Godyris zavaleta
(Hewitson, 1855) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ithomia zavaletaHewitson, 1855
  • Ithomia gonussaHewitson, 1856
  • Ithomia telesillaHewitson, 1863
  • Ithomia sosungaReakirt, [1866]
  • Ithomia petersiiDewitz, 1877
  • Ithomia zygiaGodman & Salvin, 1877
  • Hymenitis matronalisWeymer, 1883
  • Dismenitis zavaletta amarettaHaensch, 1903
  • Dismenitis zygia var. caesiopictaNiepelt, 1915
  • Godyris zavaleta soritesFox, 1968

Godyris zavaleta, the Zavaleta glasswing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to southern Peru. The habitat consists of lowland and mid-elevation rainforests at altitudes up to 900 meters.

Adults visit the flowers of Epidendrum panniculatum . Adult males sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium , Tournefourtia , Myosotis , Eupatorium , Neomiranda and Senecio species, making the species toxic to deter predation by birds. [2]

The larvae feed on Solanum species (including S. brenesii ), but have also been recorded feeding on Cestrum nocturnum .

Subspecies

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References

  1. "Godyris Boisduval, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes