Opsiphanes cassina
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Opsiphanes cassina C. & R. Felder, 1862
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Opsiphanes cassina, the split-banded owlet, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.
Description[]
Opsiphanes cassina has a wingspan of about 70 millimetres (2.8 in), with a smaller size in males. The uppersides of the wings are dark brown, with yellow-orange bands crossing the forewings and the edges of the hindwings. The undersides of the wings are also brown, with some large eyes. Adults of this species are active for only about ten days, in which they have to feed, mate and lay their eggs.
Larvae feed on Cocos nucifera, Livistona species, Acrocomia vinifera, , and Roystonea regia, they are dangerous defoliator of the oil palm also.
Distribution[]
This species occurs from Mexico to the Amazon basin.
Subspecies[]
- Opsiphanes cassina cassina
- Opsiphanes cassina aiellae Bristow
- Opsiphanes cassina icassina Felder & Felder, 1862
- Opsiphanes cassina fabricii (Boisduval, 1870) (Mexico - Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica)
- Opsiphanes cassina chiriquensis Stichel, 1902 (Panama)
- Opsiphanes cassina merianae Stichel, 1902 (Suriname)
- Opsiphanes cassina notanda Stichel, 1904 (Peru)
- Opsiphanes cassina numatius Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Colombia)
- Opsiphanes cassina barkeri Bristow, 1991 (Ecuador)
- Opsiphanes cassina caliensis Bristow, 1991 (Colombia)
- Opsiphanes cassina milesi Bristow, 1991 (Brazil)
References[]
- "Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Learn about Butterflies
- Loría Ronny, Chinchilla Carlos, Dominguez José, Mexzón Ramón An effective trap to capture adults of Opsiphanes cassina
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opsiphanes cassina. |
- Neotropical butterflies
- Opsiphanes cassina, Butterflies of America
- Opsiphanes cassina, Sangay National Park
Categories:
- Morphinae
- Fauna of Brazil
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterflies described in 1862
- Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
- Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
- Satyrinae stubs