Eunica pomona
| Rounded Purplewing | |
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| Eunica pomona from Colombia. Mounted specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Biblidinae |
| Tribe: | Biblidini |
| Genus: | Eunica |
| Species: | E. pomona |
| Binomial name | |
| Eunica pomona (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) | |
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The Rounded Purplewing (Eunica pomona) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
Description
Eunica pomona has a wingspan reaching about 57 millimetres (2.2 in). The uppersides of the anterior wings are black, with a bright blue band from the base of the coastal margin to the apex. Posterior wings have a broad submarginal band of blue. The undersides of the anterior wings are brown, lighter at the base and the inner margin, while the apex is greyish. The posterior wings are dark brown with two black spots in the middle, followed by some irregular transverse dark brown bands.
Distribution
This species occurs in Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Subspecies
- Eunica pomona pomona (Colombia)
- Eunica pomona amata Druce, 1874 (Costa Rica, Panama)
References
- Eunica, Funet.fi
External links
- Eunica pomona amata, Butterflies of America
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