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Red-washed Satyr - Mariposa

Pierella helvina ocreata

Description:

Like other butterflies of the genus Pierella, they are important ecological habitat conservation status indicators, which are species of habits umbrofilos that fly in the understory to flush with the floor along trails and roads. It feeds on fruits, fermented and exudates of saprophytic fungi. The plant host larvae are the Calathea and Heliconia.---------------------------- Al igual que las demás mariposas del género Pierella, son importantes indicadores ecológicos del estado de conservación de un hábitat, ya que son especies de hábitos umbrófilos que vuelan en el sotobosque a ras del piso a lo largo de trochas y caminos. Se alimenta sobre frutos fermentados y exudados de hongos saprófitos. La planta hospedera de las larvas son las Calathea y Heliconia.

Habitat:

These are found in humid premontane forests in Panama and Northwestern Colombia.----------------------------------- Se encuentran en bosques premontanos húmedos, en Panamá y el noroccidente de Colombia.

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3 Comments

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

Hey, ta sólida, no había visto esta ni en libros

Preciosa, parece que esta grande?!

VitoSarancha
VitoSarancha 11 years ago

Pretty one!

rams4d
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rams4d

Panama

Spotted on Jan 20, 2013
Submitted on Jan 26, 2013

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