Panacea procilla

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Panacea procilla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Panacea
Species:
P. procilla
Binomial name
Panacea procilla
(Hewitson, 1852) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pandora procillaHewitson, 1852
  • Panacea lysimacheGodman & Salvin, [1883]

Panacea procilla, the Procilla beauty, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Panama to the Amazon basin and Colombia.

The wingspan is 80–95 mm. The underside of the hindwings is reddish with a dull reddish brown hue, overlaid with broken wavy black lines and a series of submarginal ocelli. Adults feed on fallen fruits in the forest.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms