Scada karschina

Scada karschina
	Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Scada
Species:	S. karschina
Binomial name
	Scada karschina; (Herbst, 1792)
Synonyms
	Papilio euritaea Drury, 1782 (preocc. Cramer); Papilio karschina Herbst, 1792; Heliconia gazoria Godart, 1819; Salacia phyllodoce Hübner, [1823]; Ithomia yanina Hewitson, 1856;

Scada karschina is a species of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to Brazil.[1]

Description

Upperside. Antennae black. Head black, with small white spots. Neck orange. Thorax black, with grey marks. Abdomen black at top, and grey on the sides. Wings yellowish white, verged and tipped with black, without any marks or spots on them.

Underside. Palpi and breast grey. Legs black. Abdomen white. Anus yellowish. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Wingspan 2 inches (50 mm).[2]

Subspecies

Scada karschina karschina
Scada karschina delicata Talbot, 1932

References

Markku Savela. "Scada karschina (Herbst, 1792)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. FUNET. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 17. pl. XIII.

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[1] Markku Savela. "Scada karschina (Herbst, 1792)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. FUNET. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[drury-2] Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 17. pl. XIII.