Biology:Philaethria andrei

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Philaethria andrei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Philaethria
Species:
P. andrei
Binomial name
Philaethria andrei
Brevignon, 2002[1]

Philaethria andrei is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Christian Brévignon in 2002. It is found from southern Venezuela throughout the Guiana Shield to the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil .

The larvae feed on Passiflora laurifolia.[2]

Subspecies

  • Philaethria andrei andrei (mouth of Amazon to southern Venezuela)
  • Philaethria andrei orinocoensis Constantino & Salazar, 2010 (Orinoco Basin in Venezuela)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3378860 entry