''Eretris decorata'' is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
The larvae feed on various species of
bunch grass.
"Darwin's butterflies"? DNA barcoding and the radiation of the endemic Caribbean butterfly genus ''Calisto'' (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
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Taxonomy
Some authors treat it as a subspecies of ''Eretris porphyria
''Eretris'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Theodor Otto Thieme in 1905.
Species
*'' Eretris apuleina'' Pyrcz, 2004
*'' Eretris apuleja'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)
*'' Eretris calisto'' ...
''.
References
Butterflies described in 1867
Satyrini
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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