Eretris decorata

Eretris decorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Eretris
Species: E. decorata
Binomial name
Eretris decorata
(C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Pronophila decorata C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Eretris porphyria decorata

Eretris decorata is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The larvae feed on various species of bunch grass.[2]

Taxonomy

Some authors treat it as a subspecies of Eretris porphyria.

References

  1. ↑ "Eretris Thieme, 1905" as Eretris porphyria decorata at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)


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