Ithomia iphianassa

Ithomia iphianassa

''Ithomia iphianassa'' is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and northern South America.

The larvae feed on ''Cuatresia riparia'', ''Cuatresia morii'', and ''Acnistus arborescens''.
They are a beautiful specie of butterfly.
Ithomia iphianassa feeding, La Isla Escondida, Colombia Relatively large clearwing butterfly. ID based on photo 2582 of this excellent reference guide: http://www.neotropicalbutterflies.com/colombiapdf/PDFs/PDF13 Montezuma_Mar03_2016.pdf This is likely the alienassa sub species. I'm not sure what it is feeding on, some decomposing insect? Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Ithomia iphianassa,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World

Naming

*''Ithomia iphianassa iphianassa''
⤷ ''Ithomia iphianassa panamensis'' Bates, 1863
⤷ ''Ithomia iphianassa anaphissa'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1865
⤷ ''Ithomia iphianassa phanessa'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1865
⤷ ''Ithomia iphianassa alienassa'' Haensch, 1905
⤷ ''Ithomia iphianassa ethilla'' Neustetter, 1929

In addition, there is one unnamed subspecies from Ecuador.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusIthomia
SpeciesI. iphianassa
Photographed in
Colombia