Catonephele numilia
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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| image = Catonephele_numilia.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| taxon = Catonephele numilia
| authority = (Cramer, [1775])[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/catonephele/index.html#numilia Catonephele] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
| synonyms =
- Papilio numilia Cramer, [1775]
- Papilio micalia Cramer, 1777 (preocc.)
- Epicalia esite R. Felder, 1869
}}
Catonephele numilia, the blue-frosted banner, blue-frosted Catone, Grecian shoemaker or stoplight Catone, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Central and South America.
Description
File:Nymphalidae - Catonephele numilia esite - female.JPG
This butterfly usually flies along the ground and close to the ripe fruits and flowers. It can live a month. Adults feed on rotten fruits, while caterpillars feed on Alchornea species (family Euphorbiaceae).
Distribution
Catonephele numilia can be found in most of Central and South America.
Subspecies
- Catonephele numilia numilia (Suriname)
- Catonephele numilia penthia (Hewitson, 1852) (Brazil)
- Catonephele numilia esite (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad) – synonym of Catonephele numilia penthiana Staudinger, 1886
- Catonephele numilia neogermanica Stichel, 1899 (Paraguay, Brazil)
- Catonephele numilia immaculata Jenkins, 1985 (Mexico)
Gallery
File:Catonephele numilia1.jpg|Male, mounted, upperside
File:Catonephele numilia2.jpg|Male, mounted, underside
File:Catonephele numilia.png|Female, mounted, upperside
File:Catonephele numilia1.png|Female, mounted, underside
References
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- [http://tolweb.org/Catonephele+numilia Tree of Life]
- DeVries, P.J. (1987) The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History, Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Lamas, G., Ed. (2004) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Gainesville, Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
External links
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{{Commons}}
- [http://butterfliesofamerica.com/catonephele_numilia_esite.htm Butterflies of America]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818082906/http://nymphalidae.utu.fi/story.php?code=NW62-5 Nymphalidae.utu.fi]
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Category:Butterflies described in 1775
Category:Lepidoptera of Brazil
Category:Lepidoptera of Colombia
Category:Lepidoptera of Ecuador
Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico
Category:Invertebrates of Paraguay
Category:Invertebrates of Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Lepidoptera of Venezuela
Category:Nymphalidae of South America
Category:Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
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