Pierella hortona
White-barred Lady Slipper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Pierella |
Species: | P. hortona |
Binomial name | |
Pierella hortona (Hewitson, 1854)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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The White-barred Lady Slipper (Pierella hortona) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found east of the Andes in Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at altitudes between 100 and 1600 m.
Adults have a dark brown upperside, with a central patch of blue. Both sexes feed on decomposing fungi and mouldy fruit.
The larvae feed on Heliconia and possibly Calathea species.[2]
Subspecies
- Pierella hortona hortona (Brazil: Amazonas, Peru)
- Pierella hortona albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 (Peru, Bolivia)
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