Opsiphanes cassina
| Split-banded Owlet | |
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| Opsiphanes cassina from Peru | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Brassolini |
| Genus: | Opsiphanes |
| Species: | O. cassina |
| Binomial name | |
| Opsiphanes cassina C. & R. Felder, 1862 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Split-banded Owlet (Opsiphanes cassina) is a species of butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family.
Description
Opsiphanes cassina has a wingspan reaching 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 underssides of the wings is also brown, with some large eyes. Adults of this species are active for about ten days only, period in which they have to feed, mate and lay their eggs.
Larvae feed on Cocos nucifera, Livistona spp., Acrocomia vinifera, Bactris guineensis, Erythrea salvadorensis 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 (Surinam)
- 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
- Funet
- Learn about butterflies
- Loría Ronny, Chinchilla Carlos, Dominguez José, Mexzón Ramón An effective trap to capture adults of Opsiphanes cassina
External links
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- Neotropical butterflies
- Opsiphanes cassina, Butterflies of America
- Opsiphanes cassina, Sangay National Park