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Pierella
Sign in to savePierella is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico through Central America to South America. The species of Pierella have larger hindwings than forewings, unique among butterflies. The oval green flash on the forewing is also unique. It is caused by diffraction, the wing scales forming a diffraction grating.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- UMNH, YPM, FMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Peru, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
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Pierella is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico through Central America to South America. The species of Pierella have larger hindwings than forewings, unique among butterflies. The oval green flash on the forewing is also unique. It is caused by diffraction, the wing scales forming a diffraction grating.
Their caterpillars have been found on the host plants Heliconia and Calathea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pierella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.