Pareuptychia hesione (Sulzer, 1776) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pareuptychia hesione (Sulzer, 1776)

Pareuptychia hesione (Sulzer, 1776)

Pareuptychia ocirrhoe is a Nymphalidae butterfly found from Mexico to northern Argentina that feeds on Eleusine as larvae.

Family
Genus
Pareuptychia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pareuptychia hesione (Sulzer, 1776)

Pareuptychia ocirrhoe, commonly known as the two-banded satyr or banded white ringlet, is a butterfly species that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. This species occurs in the geographic range from Mexico to the Guyanas, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Its native habitat is forests. The wingspan of this butterfly reaches approximately 37 mm. The larvae of Pareuptychia ocirrhoe feed on plants from the Eleusine genus.

Photo: (c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Roger Rittmaster · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pareuptychia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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