Hamadryas februa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Hamadryas
- Species
- Hamadryas februa
- Scientific Name
- Hamadryas februa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hamadryas februa
Hamadryas februa, the gray (or grey) cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Argentina north through tropical America to Mexico. Rare strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. The habitat consists of subtropical forests, forest edges and cultivated areas with trees.
The wingspan is 70–86 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the tropics and from August to October in southern Texas. They feed on sap and rotting fruit.
The larvae feed on Dalechampia and Tragia species.
...Hamadryas februa in languages:
- English
- Gray Cracker
- Portuguese
- Estaladeira-cinzenta
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hamadryas albicornis
- Hamadryas alicia
- Hamadryas amphichloe
- Hamadryas amphinome
- Hamadryas arete
- Hamadryas arinome
- Hamadryas atlantis
- Hamadryas belladonna
- Hamadryas chloe
- Hamadryas epinome
- Hamadryas februa
- Hamadryas feronia
- Hamadryas fornax
- Hamadryas glauconome
- Hamadryas guatemalena
- Hamadryas iphthime
- Hamadryas julitta
- Hamadryas laodamia
- Hamadryas obidona
- Hamadryas rosandra
- Hamadryas velutina































































































































































