Amauta papilionaris

Amauta papilionaris is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Panama.

Amauta papilionaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Castniidae
Genus:
Amauta
Species:
A. papilionaris
Binomial name
Amauta papilionaris
(Walker, [1865])[1]
Synonyms
  • Castnia papilionaris Walker, [1865]
  • Castnia amethystina Houlbert, 1917
  • Castnia velutina Houlbert, 1917
  • Castnia strandi Röber, 1927 (preocc.)
  • Castnia strandiata Röber, 1927

The wingspan is about 103–135 mm.[2] Adults are dark brown with a transverse yellowish band running parallel to the exterior margin on the forewings. There is a small, colon shaped, yellow spot on the discal area. There is a turquoise band on the hindwings which runs from the costal margin to the anal margin, without touching it.[3]

Subspecies
  • Amauta papilionaris papilionaris (Colombia)
  • Amauta papilionaris amethystina (Houlbert, 1917) (Venezuela, Colombia, Panama)
  • Amauta papilionaris lionela Lamas, 1995 (Peru, Bolivia)
  • Amauta papilionaris velutina (Houlbert, 1917) (Ecuador)

References
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Wikispecies has information related to Amauta papilionaris.
  1. Amauta at funet
  2. Butterflies & Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
  3. Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from Venezuela. III: Genera represented by only one known species. Diagnosis and comments Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine


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