Chloreuptychia chlorimene (Hübner, [1819])

Euptychia, repl. name

Papilio cloris (Cramer, 1780), preocc. (not Fabricius, 1775)

The genus Chloreuptychia has about 15 species described in the Neotropics (Lamas, 2004). In the central Amazon C. herseis and C. chlorimene were collected in fruit- traps in the understory strata. These butterflies has delicate wings and flying near the ground.

Adults can eat fruits and other materials on decomposition.

Caterpillars of  Chloreuptychia arnaca are registered in Costa Rica and Trinidad feeding on Gramineae.  Beccaloni et al. (2008) has compiled plants of the genus Eleusine, Ichnanthus and Oplimenus. 

Lamas G. (2004):

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

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