Historis odius (Fabricius, 1775)

Papilio odius (Fabricius, 1775)

This species called as "eagle” despite their size and behavior. The distribution is signed throughout the American continent ( Otero & Marigo, 1990). Occurs in all habitats and shows aggressive behavior, can be observed repel other insects and even birds when they are visiting  the same rotten fruit (Brown, 1992).

In central Amazonia was collected only in the canopy strata, but can be collected in the understory, as showed by research conducted in Costa Rica (DeVries & Walla 2001). Adults live in the canopy but may descend to the ground to feed on fruits of Ficus sp., American genipa,  Manilkara zapota and fruits of Anacardiacea (Janzen, 1991).

Rooting fruits

The caterpillars feed on Cecropiaceae: Cecropia sp.

Caterpillars are recorded In Costa Rica in secundary forest feeding on Cecropia peltata (Janzen, 1991)

Otero L.S., Marigo L.C. (1990):

Borboletas beleza e comportamento de espécies brasileiras. Book., Marigo Comunicacao Visual: 1-127

Brown Jr. K (1992):

Borboletas da Serra do Japi: diversidade, habitats, recursos alimentares e variação temporal. In:n História Natural da Serra do Japi: ecologia e preservação de uma área florestal no Sudeste do Brasil., Campinas, Unicamp: 142-186

DeVries P.J., Walla T.R. (2001):

Species diversity and community structure in neotropical fruit-feeding butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 74(1): 1-15

Janzen D.H. (1991):

Insetos. In: Historia Natural de Costa Rica., Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica: 631-793