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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Tropical Brushfoots (Biblidinae) » Biblidini » Biblis » Red Rim - Hodges#4539 (Biblis hyperia)

Species Biblis hyperia - Red Rim - Hodges#4539

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Biblidinae (Tropical Brushfoots)
Tribe Biblidini
Genus Biblis
Species hyperia (Red Rim - Hodges#4539)
Hodges Number
4539
Other Common Names
Crimson-banded Black (1)
Explanation of Names
Biblis hyperia (Cramer, 1779)
Identification
Adults are unmistakeable. Larvae are grayish brown with green warts and spines.
Range
c. TX (as a stray) to Costa Rica / W. Indies - MAP (MPG, BOA)
Season
Aug-Feb (MPG)
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, Euphorbiaceae)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Works Cited
1.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies
Robert Michael Pyle. 1981. Knopf.
Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 1 September, 2004 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 4 November, 2019 - 10:58pm

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