Dynamine postverta
Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta greenwing or four-spot sailor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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.
Dynamine postverta | |
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D. p. postverta male | |
D. p. postverta female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Dynamine |
Species: | D. postverta |
Binomial name | |
Dynamine postverta | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
- D. p. postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
- D. p. mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras)
References
Wikispecies has information related to Dynamine postverta. |
- Dynamine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 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.
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