Red Flasher

Panacea prola

''Panacea prola'', the prola beauty or red flasher, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to southern Brazil, but is most common in the foothills of the eastern Peruvian Andes.
Red flasher (Panacea prola) PNYC - El Paujil, Pasco, Peru. Oct 15, 2020 Geotagged,Panacea prola,Peru,Spring

Appearance

The wingspan is 65–75 mm. The underside of the hindwings is bright red without markings.

Naming

*''Panacea prola prola''
⤷ ''Panacea prola zaraja'' Fruhstorfer, 1912
⤷ ''Panacea prola amazonica'' Fruhstorfer, 1915
⤷ ''Panacea prola prolifica'' Fruhstorfer, 1915

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusPanacea
SpeciesP. prola
Photographed in
Peru