Hamadryas arinome

Hamadryas arinome, the turquoise cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1853.[1] It is found from Mexico south to the Amazon basin.

Hamadryas arinome
From MHNT
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hamadryas
Species:
H. arinome
Binomial name
Hamadryas arinome
(H. Lucas, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Peridromia arinome H. Lucas, 1853

The larvae feed on Dalechampia triphylla.

Subspecies

  • Hamadryas arinome arinome (French Guiana, Peru, Brazil)
  • Hamadryas arinome arienis (Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia)
  • Hamadryas arinome obnutila (Brazil)
Both sides

References


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