Biology:Pierella hortona

Short description: Species of butterfly

White-barred lady slipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pierella
Species:	P. hortona
Binomial name
Pierella hortona (Hewitson, 1854)
Synonyms
Haetera hortona Hewitson, 1854 Haetera hortensia C. & R. Felder, 1862 Pierella hortona f. albopunctata Brown, 1948 Pierella hortona f. ocellata Smart, 1975 Pierella albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 Pierella albofaciata decepta Brown, 1948

Pierella hortona, the white-barred lady slipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found east of the Andes in Ecuador, Brazil , Peru, and Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloud forests at altitudes between 100 and 1600 m.

Adults have a dark brown upperside, with a central patch of blue. Both sexes feed on decomposing fungi and mouldy fruit.

The larvae feed on Heliconia and possibly Calathea species.

Subspecies

• Pierella hortona hortona (Brazil: Amazonas, Peru)
• Pierella hortona albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 (Peru, Bolivia)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7191874 entry