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.

Panacea procilla
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Panacea
Species:
P. procilla
Binomial name
Panacea procilla
(Hewitson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pandora procilla Hewitson, 1852
  • Panacea lysimache Godman & Salvin, [1883]

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))
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References

  1. Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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