Pierella hortona

Pierella hortona, the white-barred lady slipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found east of the Andes in Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloud forests at altitudes between 100 and 1600 m.

White-barred lady slipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Pierella
Species:
P. hortona
Binomial name
Pierella hortona
(Hewitson, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Haetera hortona Hewitson, 1854
  • Haetera hortensia C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Pierella hortona f. albopunctata Brown, 1948
  • Pierella hortona f. ocellata Smart, 1975
  • Pierella albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914
  • Pierella albofaciata decepta Brown, 1948

Adults have a dark brown upperside, with a central patch of blue. Both sexes feed on decomposing fungi and mouldy fruit.

The larvae feed on Heliconia and possibly Calathea species.[2]

Subspecies
  • Pierella hortona hortona (Brazil: Amazonas, Peru)
  • Pierella hortona albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 (Peru, Bolivia)

References
  1. "Pierella Herrich-Schäffer, 1865" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
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