Catonephele orites

Catonephele orites, the orange-banded shoemaker butterfly, is a species of butterfly found throughout the northern coast of South America and into Central America.

Catonephele orites
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catonephele
Species:
C. orites
Binomial name
Catonephele orites
Stichel, 1899

Food

female

Larvae of Catonephele orites have been found on Alchornea.

References

  • Catonephele at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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