Dynamine gisella

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Dynamine gisella
Dynamine gisella, underside of the wing

Dynamine gisella , underside of the wing

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Noble butterfly (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily : Biblidinae
Genre : Dynamine
Type : Dynamine gisella
Scientific name
Dynamine gisella
( Hewitson , 1857)
Illustration by William Chapman Hewitson from 1857
( Dynamine gisella ♂ lower right)

Dynamine gisella is a butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Nymphalidae (Nymphalidae).

features

butterfly

The average wingspan of the moths is 1 8 ⁄ 10 inches (about 46 millimeters). There is a clear sexual dimorphism between the sexes . The upper sides of the wings of the males are essentially shiny metallic cobalt blue, only at the apex of the forewings and at the edges are they colored black-brown. Two to four small white spots stand out near the apex. The upper sides of the wings of the females are colored matt black-brown. Six large white spots and a short white band stand out on the forewings. The hind wings show two distinct white transverse bands and a thin, also white wavy line. The undersides of the wings show conspicuous patterns in both sexes, which contain some large white and very small blue spots on the dark brown underside of the fore wing. The hind wing undersides show alternating red-brown and creamy white stripes as well as dark, blue-seeded eye spots in the submarginal region .

Caterpillar, pupa

Fully grown caterpillars are snail-shaped and have tiny rosettes on their backs. The doll is greenish with two points on the head and a distinctive mark on the back. She is trained as a fall doll.

Distribution and occurrence

The range of the species extends through Panama as well as the Amazon basin in Colombia , Peru , Bolivia and Brazil . Dynamine gisella prefers to colonize tropical rainforests at altitudes between 200 and 1000 meters.

Way of life

The moths are only active in hot sunshine and like to fly along sunny forest paths. In the afternoon, the males often visit moist soil to absorb moisture. Detailed information on the way of life of the species is currently not available.

Trivia

Specimen copies of the butterflies, which the lepidopterist and officer Arnold Schultze had collected in 1922, were found in a suitcase posted in Colombia and are now in the Natural History Museum in Berlin .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William C. Hewitson: Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Volume 2, John van Voorst, London 1857–1861.
  2. ↑ Distribution on ftp.funet.fi. by Markku Savela.
  3. ↑ Dynamine Gisella. A suitcase full of butterflies. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . September 28, 2010.

literature

  • William C. Hewitson: Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Volume 2, John van Voorst, London 1857–1861.

Web links

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