Eutresis dilucida Staudinger

Male dorsal

 Male ventral
Female dorsal Female ventral
Identification:
Large, Dircenna pattern, marginal spots on ventral hindwing paired, window in forewing discal cell pointed, without bold white spots at ventral forewing apex, hindwing dull brown.

Wingspan: 89-92mm

Forewing length: 46-47mm

Local distribution: Upper Pacific slope above 1400 m (lower cloud forest); rarely on the Atlantic slope (800 m).

Similar species: Eutresis hypereia, Olyras crathis, Dircenna chiriquensis, Lycorea ilione

Species range: Costa Rica and Panama

Abundance: Uncommon

Larval host plants: Schultesianthus megalandrus

Early stages: Aggregated

Comments: Often flies in subcanopy and canopy where the host plants are epiphytic shrubs.

Monteverde butterflies
Copyright © 2001 by William A. Haber, http://efg.cs.umb.edu/
Created: 28 December 2000. Updated: 2 December 2006.