Anteos menippe (Hübner, [1818])

Mancipium menippe (Hübner, [1818])

Colias leachiana (Gogart, 1819)

Rhodocera menippe metioche (Fruhstorfer, 1907)

Gonepteryx menippe ab. Calypso (Röber, 1909)

Gonepteryx menippe ab. Thetis (Röber, 1909)

Anteos menippe can spread through urban areas, where the caterpillars have their host plant. Cassia spp. (Leguminosae)  are used in arborization of streets. The adults feed visiting flowers (e.g. Hibiscus sp. and Euphorbia sp. In the Amazon large agglomerations are observed in riverbanks (Marigo & Otero, 1992).

On nectar, minerals salts

Host-plants compiled by Beccaloni et al. (2008) are:

Cruciferae: Unidentified species

Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae (Cassia grandis, Cassia spp., Senna bicapsularis, Senna siamea, Senna spp.)

Leguminosae: Mimosoideae (Acacia sp.)

Otero L.S., Marigo L.C. (1992):

Butterflies of Carajás. Book., Rio de Janeiro, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce: 1-76

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