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Elzunia humboldt
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elzunia humboldt is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Danainae, tribus Ithomiini.
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Description
Elzunia humboldt has a wingspan of about 80–85 millimetres (3.1–3.3 in). This species is quite variable depending on the subspecies. The uppersides of the wings are black, with a series of small white spots on the margins. At the base of the hindwings usually there is a broad yellow band, while in the middle of the forewings usually there are one or more white spots. The undersides of the wings have a similar pattern to the uppersides, but the basic colour is reddish instead of black and the hindwings usually have two series of white spots.
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Distribution
Subspecies
- E. h. humboldt (Colombia)
- E. h. bonplandii (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Colombia)
- E. h. cassandrina Srnka, 1884 (Ecuador)
- E. h. regalis (Stichel, 1903) (Colombia)
- E. h. albomaculata (Haensch, 1903) (Ecuador)
- E. h. joiceyi (Kaye, 1918) (Colombia)
- E. h. atahualpa Fox, 1956 (Peru)
- E. h. judsoni Fox, 1956 (Peru)
Etymology
The butterfly was named to honour the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Elzunia humboldt.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elzunia humboldt.
- "Elzunia humboldt (Latreille, 1809)" at BioLib.cz
- "Elzunia Bryk, 1937" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Butterflies of America
External links
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