Catonephele nyctimus described in Epicalia
Andrew V. Z. BrowerIntroduction
Formerly circumscribed to include C. cortesi and C. mexicana, this species is now restricted to populations occurring in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezula. Larvae feed on Dalechampia spp. (Neild, 1996).References
DeVries, P.J. (1987) The butterflies of Costa Rica and their natural history. Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J.
Neild, A.F.E. (1996) The Butterflies of Venezuela. Part I: Nymphalidae I (Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae), Meridian Publications, Greenwich, U. K.
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