Hamadryas feronia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variable Cracker
Papilio feronia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hamadryas feronia is easily confused with H. februa, but seems to be less abundant in disturbed areas. This butterflies has a color-mosaic makes it so totally cryptic when resting on the trunk of trees, especially in areas taken by fungi and lichens. Fling in erratic flight when disturbed and generally lands upside down and flattened wings on vegetation, rocks or walls. Searching for sun and can fly high. Unlike H. amphinome having their immature aggregated, H. feronia are solitary.
Argentina; Brasil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Honduras; México; Paraguay; Perú; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela
Adults feed on rotten fruits
According compiled by Beccaloni et al. (2008), the larvae feed on:
Euphorbiaceae: Dalechampia sp., Dalechampia scandens, Dalechampia stenosepala, Dalechampia tiliifolia, Dalechampia triphylla, Euphorbia pulcherrima.
Gramineae: Zea mays
Leguminosae-Mimosoideae: Inga affinis, Inga virescens
Palmae: Syagrus romanzoffiana
brown, blue, red, white
forest
- 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