Praepronophila perperna described in Pronophila
Andrew V. Z. Brower
Introduction
The species ranges from Costa Rica to the Cordillera Costal of Venezuela. Larvae feed on Rhipidocladum maxonii and introduced Bambusa (Poaceae) (DeVries, 1987; Viloria et al. 2010).References
DeVries, P.J. 1987. The butterflies of Costa Rica and their natural history. Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J.
Lamas, G. (Ed.) 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera, Gainesville.
Viloria, A.L., Pyrcz, T.W.,Orellana, A. 2010. A survey of the Neotropical montane butterflies of the subtribe Pronophilina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Venezuelan Cordillera de la Costa. Zootaxa 2622: 1-41.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Praepronophila perperna |
|---|---|
| Location | Venezuela: Cordillera de la Costa |
| Reference | Viloria, A.L., Pyrcz, T.W.,Orellana, A. 2010. A survey of the Neotropical montane butterflies of the subtribe Pronophilina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Venezuelan Cordillera de la Costa. Zootaxa 2622: 1-41. Figs. 21,22. |
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Identified By | Tomasz Pyrcz |
| Sex | left - male, right - female |
| Life Cycle Stage | adult |
| View | dorsal/ventral |
| Copyright | © 2010 |
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