Common bentwing

Ebrietas anacreon

Ebrietas anacreon is a skipper butterfly found in the Neotropical ecoczone.
Common Bent Skipper Ebrietas anacreon,Geotagged,Trinidad and Tobago,Winter,black

Naming

Common names
Common Bent-Skipper
Marbled Duskywing

Synonyms
Achlyodes albunea Staudinger, 1876
Achlyodes claudianus Staudinger, 1875
Achlyodes ecliptica Butler, 1877
Achlyodes halidus Mabille, 1891
Achylodes tortricinus Plötz, 1884
Antigonus undulata Plötz, 1884
Glossy all-black butterfly, Santa María, Colombia Very dark butterfly that looks all-black yet with light shining on it, is rather dark brown and glossy, almost like satin. Haven't found a match for it yet, so help is welcome. Boyacá,Colombia,Ebrietas anacreon,Santa María,South America,World

Distribution

This butterfly occurs in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Habitat

This is a lowland rainforest species found commonly at altitudes between sea level and about 800m.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusEbrietas
SpeciesEbrietas anacreon
Photographed in
Colombia
Trinidad and Tobago