Panacea procilla
Panacea procilla, the Procilla beauty, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Panama to the Amazon basin and Colombia.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Panacea |
| Species: | P. procilla |
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The wingspan is 80–95 mm. The underside of the hindwings is reddish with a dull reddish brown hue, overlaid with broken wavy black lines and a series of submarginal ocelli. Adults feed on fallen fruits in the forest.
Subspecies
- Panacea procilla procilla (western Venezuela)
- Panacea procilla lysimache Godman & Salvin, [1883] (Panama (Volcan Chiriqui), Costa Rica)
- Panacea procilla ocana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Colombia (lower Magdalena River))
- Panacea procilla salacia Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Colombia)
- Panacea procilla mamorensis Hall, 1917 (Brazil(Rondônia))
References
- Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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