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Species of butterfly

Panacea prola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Panacea
Species: P. prola
Binomial name
Panacea prola
(Doubleday, )
Synonyms
  • Pandora prola Doubleday,
  • Pandora prola Westwood,

Panacea prola, the prola beauty or red flasher, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to southern Brazil, but is most common in the foothills of the eastern Peruvian Andes.

The wingspan is 65–75 mm. The underside of the hindwings is bright red without markings.

Subspecies

  • Panacea prola prola (Colombia, Venezuela)
  • Panacea prola zaraja Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Venezuela)
  • Panacea prola amazonica Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Upper Amazon, Peru, Ecuador)
  • Panacea prola prolifica Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Ecuador)

References

  1. Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador) : Panacea-prola Doubleday 1848
  3. Butterflies of Amazonia - Panacea prola
Taxon identifiers
Panacea prola
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