Biblis hyperia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Biblis
- Species
- Biblis hyperia
- Scientific Name
- Biblis hyperia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Biblis hyperia
Biblis hyperia, the red rim or crimson-banded black, is a species of brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae) that is native to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as far south as Paraguay. Its genus Biblis is so far monotypic, but at least one other undescribed species is suspected to exist.
They can be seen flying between March and November in subtropical forest. The immature larvae feed on Tragia volubilis.
...Biblis hyperia in languages:
- English
- Red Rim
- English
- Crimson-banded Black
- Japanese
- アカヘリタテハ
- Portuguese
- Borboleta-aro-vermelho
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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