Biblis hyperia
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The Red Rim or Crimson-banded Black (Biblis hyperia) 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.[2] They can be seen flying between March and November in subtropical forest.[3][4] The immature larvae feed on Tragia volubilis.[5]
Description
Adults have a velvety black forewing with a grey hindwing. The hindwing has a pinkish-red band.[4] The caterpillars of this species are gray-brown with raised green marks and spikes.[3] 1342
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[6]
- B. h. aganisa Boisduval, 1836
- B. h. hyperia (Cramer, [1779])
- B. h. laticlavia (Thieme, 1904)
- B. h. nectanabis (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
- B. h. pacifica (Hall, 1928)
An unnamed species has been identified in Peru.[7]
Gallery
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Red Rim, dorsal view.jpg
top view
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Red Rim (Biblis hyperia) Tobago.JPG
worn specimen, Tobago
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Biblis hyperia chrysalis lateral.JPG
Lateral view of pupa
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Biblis hyperia chrysalis dorsal.JPG
Dorsal view of pupa
References
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- ↑ Biblis, funet.fi
- ↑ Lamas, Gerardo. (2004) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Biblis hyperia at Wikispecies
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