''Ceratinia tutia'', the tutia clearwing, is a species of

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of the family

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. It is found from southern

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. The

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is about 52 mm. It is a highly variable species.Butterflies of Sangay National Park
/ref> The larvae of subspecies ''Ceratinia tutia dorilla'' have been recorded feeding on ''

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'' species, including '' S. antillarum''.

Subspecies

* ''Ceratinia tutia tutia'';

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* ''Ceratinia tutia azarina'' (Weymer, 1899);

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and

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* ''Ceratinia tutia callichroma'' (Staudinger, 1885); Ecuador * ''Ceratinia tutia chanchamaya'' (Haensch, 1905); Peru * ''Ceratinia tutia dorilla'' (Bates, 1864);

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and Venezuela * ''Ceratinia tutia fuscens'' (Haensch, 1905);

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* ''Ceratinia tutia hopfferi'' (Weymer, 1899); Peru * ''Ceratinia tutia poecila'' (Bates, 1862); Ecuador and

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* ''Ceratinia tutia poeciloides'' (Riley, 1919);

* ''Ceratinia tutia porrecta'' (Haensch, 1905); Bolivia * ''Ceratinia tutia radiosa'' (Haensch, 1903); Ecuador * ''Ceratinia tutia robusta'' (Haensch, 1905); Bolivia * ''Ceratinia tutia selenides'' (Weymer, 1899); Peru * ''Ceratinia tutia singularis'' (Rebel, 1902); Ecuador * ''Ceratinia tutia tosca'' (Schaus, 1902); Colombia * ''Ceratinia tutia transversa'' (Hering, 1925); Colombia

References

Butterflies described in 1852 Ithomiini Lepidoptera of Bolivia Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Ecuador Lepidoptera of Nicaragua Lepidoptera of Peru Lepidoptera of Venezuela Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson Butterflies of Central America {{Danainae-stub