| Eresia lansdorfi | |
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| Upperside, from Paraguay | |
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| Underside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Eresia |
| Species: | E. lansdorfi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eresia lansdorfi (Godart, 1819) | |
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Eresia lansdorfi, the false erato or Lansdorf's crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
Eresia lansdorfi has a wingspan of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in). The upperside of the wings is black. The forewings have a yellowish basal stripe, while the postdiscal area is light red brown, including the costal bar. The hindwings have a pale yellow transverse band.
This medium-sized species imitates (Batesian mimicry) two local subspecies of Heliconius erato (hence the common name) and Heliconius melpomene.
Larvae feed on Ruellia brevifolia.
Distribution
This species can be found in Brazil, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru.
References
- ^ "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Bulletin of British Museum
- Tree of Life
- Borboletas
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| Eresia lansdorfi | |
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