Opsiphanes quiteria (Stoll, 1780)

Common Name:
Scalloped Owlet

Synonyms:

Papilio quiteria (Stoll, 1780)

Distribution:
Argentina; Bolivia; Brasil; Colombia; Ecuador; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; Suriname

Feeding Adult:

Adults feed on rotten fruits

Feeding Caterpillars:

Are recorded as host-plants, according compiled by Beccaloni et al. (2008):

Musaceae: Musa sp.

Palmae: Astrocaryum spp., Astrocaryum ayri, Bactris sp., Chamaedorea costaricana, Chamaedorea dammeriana, Chamaedorea tepejilote, Cocos nucifera, Dypsis lutescens, Euterpe spp., Euterpe edulis, Genoma sp., Phoenix spp., Prestoea acuminata, Syagrus romamzoffiana. 

Color:
brown, orange

Habitat:
forest, anthropogenic, urban

Publications:

Beccaloni G.W, Viloria A.L., Hall S.K., Robinson G.S. (2008):

Catalogue of the hostplants of the Neotropical butterflies. Book., London, S.E.A., Ribes, CYTED, Natural History Museum, IVIC: 1-536