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White Satyr (Pareuptychia ocirrhoe)

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Pareuptychia ocirrhoe
in Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pareuptychia
Species:
P. ocirrhoe
Binomial name
Pareuptychia ocirrhoe
(Fabricius, 1776)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio ocirrhoe Fabricius, 1776
  • Euptychia ocirrhoe
  • Euptychia ocirrhoe interjecta d'Almeida, 1952
  • Euptychia hesione hesione f. emarginata Bryk, 1953
  • Pareuptychia bivari Anken, 1994

Pareuptychia ocirrhoe, the two-banded satyr or banded white ringlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to the Guyanas, Paraguay and northern Argentina. The habitat consists of forests.

The wingspan is about 37 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Eleusine species.[3]

Subspecies[edit]

  • Pareuptychia ocirrhoe ocirrhoe (Panama, Surinam)
  • Pareuptychia ocirrhoe interjecta (d'Almeida, 1952) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Mato Grosso do Sul)

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