Catonephele orites

Catonephele orites
Catonephele orites
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Catonephele
Species: C. orites
Binomial name
Catonephele orites
Stichel, 1899

Catonephele orites, or the orange-banded shoemaker butterfly, is a species of butterfly found from Costa Rica to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.

Food

female

Larvae of Catonephele orites have been found on Alchornea.

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