italic title Taxobox name Pereute callinira image Pieridae Pereute callinira.JPG image width 240px image caption Pereute callinira from Peru . Mounted specimen regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Pieridae genus Pereute species P. callinira binomial Pereute callinira binomial authority Otto Staudinger Staudinger , 1884 synonyms Pereute callinira numatia small Fruhstorfer, 1907 small Pereute callinira ecuadorensis small Joicey & Talbot, 1928 small Pereute leucodrosime bellatrix f. sinemacula small Bryk, 1953 small Pereute callinira f. pallida small Reissinger, 1970 small Pereute callinira is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. Description Pereute callinira has a wingspan of about convert 63 70 mm . The basic colour of the wings is black or dark brown. The uppersides of the forewings are crossed by a red band, while the basal area of the hindwings is blue. The undersides of the wings are uniformly blackish. Larvae feed on Nectandra species Lauraceae . Distribution This species can be found in Peru , Colombia , Bolivia and Ecuador . Subspecies Pereute callinira callinira Peru , Colombia , Bolivia , Ecuador Pereute callinira sabrina Fruhstorfer, 1907 Colombia References http www.nic.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia papilionoidea pieridae pierinae pereute index.html callinira Funet Michael F. Braby and Kenji Nishida http lepidopteraresearchfoundation.org journals 44 jrl vol 44 51 60.pdf Mate location behavior in Pereute Herrich Sch ffer butterflies Lepidoptera Pieridae External links http caterpillars.unr.edu lsacat ecuador species pieridae pecal pecal.htm Pereute callinira Pieridae stub Category Pierini ... more details
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