Biblis hyperia

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Biblis hyperia
Dorsal view - MHNT
Ventral view - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Biblis
Fabricius, 1807
Species: B. hyperia
Binomial name
Biblis hyperia
(Cramer, 1779)[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Zonaga Billberg, 1820
  • Zonagra Sherborn, 1932

Species:

  • Papilio hyperia
  • Didonis biblis Godman & Salvin, [1883]

The Red Rim or Crimson-banded Black (Biblis hyperia) is a species of brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae) that is native to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as far south as Paraguay.[2] They can be seen flying between March and November in subtropical forest.[3][4] The immature larvae feed on Tragia volubilis.[5]

Description

Adults have a velvety black forewing with a grey hindwing. The hindwing has a pinkish-red band.[4] The caterpillars of this species are gray-brown with raised green marks and spikes.[3]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[6]

  • B. h. aganisa Boisduval, 1836
  • B. h. hyperia (Cramer, [1779])
  • B. h. laticlavia (Thieme, 1904)
  • B. h. nectanabis (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  • B. h. pacifica (Hall, 1928)

An unnamed species has been identified in Peru.[7]

Gallery

  • top view

  • Lateral view of pupa

  • Dorsal view of pupa

References

  1. ↑ "Biblis hyperia Red Rim". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2011-12-07. 
  2. ↑ "Red Rim Biblis hyperia (Cramer, 1779)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 2011-12-07. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Species Biblis hyperia - Red Rim". Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kaufman, Kenn; Brock, Jim P. (2003). Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-618-76826-4. 
  5. ↑ "Museum:Biblis hyperia". Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
  6. ↑ Biblis, funet.fi
  7. ↑ Lamas, Gerardo. (2004) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.

External links

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