Opsiphanes quiteria (Stoll, 1780)
Scalloped Owlet
Papilio quiteria (Stoll, 1780)
Argentina; Bolivia; Brasil; Colombia; Ecuador; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; Suriname
Adults feed on rotten fruits
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.
brown, orange
forest, anthropogenic, urban
- 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
Male, from dorsal
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Manaus, Amazonas
Male, from ventral
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Manaus, Amazonas
Female, from dorsal
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Manaus, Amazonas
Female, from ventral
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Manaus,Amazonas