Dynamine postverta

Dynamine postverta
Dynamine postverta postverta male
Dynamine postverta postverta female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Dynamine
Species:	D. postverta
Binomial name
Dynamine postverta (Cramer, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
Papilio postverta Cramer, [1780] Papilio mylitta Cramer, [1780] Dynamine mylitta f. uniocellata Bryk, 1953 Dynamine mylitta thoenii Anken, 1998 Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 Dynamine mylitta ab. bipupillata Röber, 1915

Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta Greenwing or Four-spot Sailor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found throughout most tropical and subtropical areas of central and South America, from Mexico south to Argentina and Paraguay.^[2] The habitat includes primary rainforests, humid deciduous woodlands, scrubby grassland and farmland at altitudes up to about 900 metres.

The larvae feed on Dalechampia species. They are slug-like, with tiny rosettes of spines on the back.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

• Dynamine postverta postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
• Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras)

References

1. Dynamine, Site of Markku Savela
2. Dynamine postverta, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes

• Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3 (22), pl.254, f. C,D.
• Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.