''Chorinea licursis'' is a species of
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
belonging to the family
Riodinidae
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, t ...
.
Description
''Chorinea licursis'' has a wingspan reaching about . These butterflies are quite variable with respect to the size of the transparent region and of spots on the hindwings. They have transparent wings outlined with black and long tails on the hindwings. Forewings and hindwings are crossed by black veins and by two black transverse bands. At the base of the hindwing tails there are bright red marks. Adults are usually found from March to June.
[Mirna Casagrande, Carla Penz and P. J. DeVries]
Description of early stages of Chorinea licursis (Fabricius) (Riodinidae)
/ref> Larvae feed on ''Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the s ...
'' (mainly ''Maytenus ilicifolia
''Maytenus'' ''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Australasia, the Indi ...
'' and ''Prionostemma
''Prionostemma'' is a large genus of harvestmen in the family Sclerosomatidae from Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Species
* '' Prionostemma acentrus'' Forster, 1954
* '' Prionostemma acuminatus''
* '' Prionostemma albimanum'' Roewe ...
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Distribution and habitat
This species can be found in the forests of Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
( Rio Grande do Sul), at an elevation of about above sea level.[
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References
External links
Butterflies of America
The Titian Peale Butterfly and Moth Collection
Butterflies described in 1775
Riodinini
Riodinidae of South America
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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