Species Biblis hyperia - Red Rim

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Red Rim - Biblis hyperia - Biblis hyperia

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))

Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)

Subfamily Biblidinae (Tropical Brushfoots)

Genus Biblis

Species hyperia (Red Rim)

Other Common Names

Crimson-banded Black

Identification

Adults are unmistakeable. Larvae are grayish brown with green warts and spines.

Range

Mexico and the West Indies south through at least Paraguay, with strays reaching south and rarely central Texas.

Habitat

Open subtropical forest

Season

March through November; most US records are in autumn and early winter

Food

Adults do not come to flowers, but are attracted to rotting and overripe fruit. Caterpillars eat the foliage of Noseburn or Pine Nettle (Tragia volubilis, family Euphorbiaceae)

Internet References

NPWRC page

God of Insects page

Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 1 September, 2004 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose
Last updated 6 June, 2006 - 1:05pm

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