| Pereute callinira | |
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| Mounted specimen from Peru | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Pereute |
| Species: | P. callinira |
| Binomial name | |
| Pereute callinira Staudinger, 1884 | |
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Pereute callinira is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.
Pereute callinira has a wingspan of about 65–70 millimetres (2.6–2.8 in). [1] The basic colour of the wings is black or dark brown. The uppersides of the forewings are crossed by a red band, while the basal area of the hindwings is blue. The undersides of the wings are uniformly blackish. [2] [3] Larvae feed on Nectandra species (Lauraceae). [4]
This species can be found in Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador. [5]
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