Panacea procilla

Panacea procilla
	Dorsal view
	Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Panacea
Species:	P. procilla
Binomial name
	Panacea procilla; (Hewitson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
	Pandora procilla Hewitson, 1852; Panacea lysimache Godman & Salvin, [1883];

Panacea procilla, the Procilla beauty, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Panama to the Amazon basin and Colombia.

The wingspan is 80–95 mm. The underside of the hindwings is reddish with a dull reddish brown hue, overlaid with broken wavy black lines and a series of submarginal ocelli. Adults feed on fallen fruits in the forest.

Subspecies

Panacea procilla procilla (western Venezuela)
Panacea procilla lysimache Godman & Salvin, [1883] (Panama (Volcan Chiriqui), Costa Rica)
Panacea procilla ocana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Colombia (lower Magdalena River))
Panacea procilla salacia Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Colombia)
Panacea procilla mamorensis Hall, 1917 (Brazil(Rondônia))

References

Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms