Eueides lybia

Eueides lybia, the lybia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from Central America to northern South America,[1] from Nicaragua to Bolivia.

Lybia longwing
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Eueides
Species:
E. lybia
Binomial name
Eueides lybia
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio lybia Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio hypsipyle Cramer, 1777
  • Papilio olympia Fabricius, 1793
  • Eueides leucomma Bates, 1866
  • Eueides lybioides Staudinger, 1876

Adults feed on flower nectar of Lantana and Psiguria species. They spend most of the time in the forest canopy.

The larvae feed on solitarily Passiflora vitifolia. They are black with white patches on the thorax and anal segment and a yellowish stripe along the sides. The head is black. Pupation takes place in a white pupa which is suspended by the cremaster from a leaf.[2]

Subspecies
  • Eueides lybia lybia (Suriname)
  • Eueides lybia lybioides Staudinger, 1876 (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • Eueides lybia olympia (Fabricius, 1793) (Nicaragua to Colombia)
  • Eueides lybia orinocensis Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
  • Eueides lybia otelloi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
  • Eueides lybia salcedoi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

References
  1. "Eueides Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Eueides lybia, Learn about Butterflies


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