Prepona pylene (Hewitson, [1854])

Natural History:

Prepona pylene has seven subspecies at Neotropics (Lamas, 2004) and more one described in Colombia (Constantino & Hurtado, 2009). Like another species of Prepona,  P. pylene shows the ventral surface camouflaged. Generally rest with wings closed behind the head, and does not show frequently the blue metalic band in dorsal surface.

In central Amazon Prepona pylene is not abundant, and inhabits both understory and canopy of the forest.

Distribution:
Bolivia; Brasil; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyane française; Honduras; Paraguay

Feeding Adult:

Adults feed on fruit and decaying organic matter

Feeding Caterpillars:

The caterpillars feed on plants Myrtaceae (Brown, 1992)

Color:
black, blue, brown, cream, metallic

Habitat:
forest

Publications:

Lamas G. (2004):

Atlas of neotropical Lepidoptera - Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Book.: 1-439

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

Constantino L.M., Hurtado-Riascos M.J. (2009):

Descripción de una nueva subespecie de Prepona pylene (Hewitson, 1854) del municipio de Timbiquí, Cauca, Colombia. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Bol. cient. mus. hist. nat.. 13(1): 153-159