Vanessa myrinna
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Vanessa myrinna is a butterfly ( butterfly ) of the genus Vanessa from the family of noble butterflies (Nymphalidae) with two disjoint distribution areas in South America. The Spanish common name is Dama fajada .
features
butterfly
Both sexes of Vanessa myrinna look the same. The moths have a wingspan of 56 to 60 mm and an orange-brown basic color with black spots. The apex (wing tip) of the forewings is black with white spots. In the submarginal zone of the upper side of the hind wing there is a broad, dark brown band without eye spots, which clearly distinguishes it from other species of its genus.
Aberration elymi
A rare aberration elymi is known that also occurs in other species of the genus Vanessa . This lacks the discal wing drawing, the subapical dark elements merge and it shows a row with white, submarginal spots. This aberration is likely caused by the cold during the pupal phase. She was starting as Pyrameis myrinna . eunice Hall , 1917.
Geographical distribution and habitat
distribution
Vanessa myrinna has two disjoint distribution areas in South America. A northern in parts of Peru , Ecuador and Colombia and a southeastern in south equatorial and central Brazil , eastern Paraguay , Uruguay and the northeast corner of Argentina .
In Brazil, the distribution of the southern population extends to the northern coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul . In the Serra do Sudoeste is Vanessa Myrinna not been established. It occurs in the Distrito Federal do Brasil and in Montevideo ( Uruguay ). In Argentina it occurs in the provinces of Misiones and Buenos Aires and in the Iguazú National Park . In Paraguay , Vanessa myrinna occurs in the provinces of Itapúa , Concepción , Amambay , Guairá and Alto Paraná .
habitat
Vanessa myrinna lives on the edge of the forest, on forest islands in savannas and in the jungle of gallery forests .
Way of life
Vanessa myrinna flies in Paraguay from late April to mid-November during the winter in the southern hemisphere.
The caterpillars feed on Compositae (Asteraceae) of the genus Achyrocline ( Achyrocline flaccida and Achyrocline satureoides ).
Synonyms
- Vanessa myrinna ( Doubleday , 1849)
- Pyrameis myrinna Doubleday , 1849
- Vanessa syngenesiae Capronnier , 1874
- Eubagia cocades Burmeister , 1878
- Pyrameis myrinna off. incarnata Seitz , 1914
- Pyrameis myrinna off. eunice hall , 1917
- Pyrameis myrinna off. Merlinde Zikán , 1937
- Dynamine myrinna Schweizer & Webter Kay , 1941
- Dynamine myrinna Hayward , 1950
- Vanessa myrinna Brown & Mielke , 1967
literature
- Andrés Oscar Contreras Chialchi, Julio Rafael Contreras Roqué: Presencia del género Vanessa FABRICIUS, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), en la Ecorregión del Ñeembucú y en el Paraguay Oriental . Series A: Ciencias Naturales. In: Instituto de Bioecología e Investigación Subtropical "Félix de Azara" (ed.): Azariana, Series A: Ciencias Naturales . tape 1 , no. 20 , 2010, ISSN 2075-4191 , p. 218–222 (Spanish, PDF [accessed December 14, 2014]).