Zaretis isidora (Cramer, 1779)
Isidora Leafwing
- Papilio isidora (Cramer, 1779)
- Papilio strigosus (Gmelin, , [1790])
- Siderone zethus (Westood, 1850)
- Siderone var. cacica (Staudinger, 1887)
- Siderone var. strigosa (Staudinger, 1887), preocc. (not Gmelin, [1790])
- Zaretes [sic] isidora vulpina Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Zaretes [sic] isidora vulpecula Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Zaretes [sic] isidora leopoldina Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Zaretes [sic] f. bisaltina Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Zaretes [sic] f. foliaceae Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Zaretes [sic] isidora russeus Fruhstorfer, 1909
- itys itys f. monops Bryk, 1953
The genus Zaretis has 6 species recorded in the Neotropics (Lamas, 2004). This is an exclusively neotropical genus, confined to forest habitat. Inhabit the canopy stratum (Willmott & Hall, 2001), occasionally observed in the understory. Taxonomic notes on genus Zaretis can be found in Willmott & Hall (2001).
Zaretis isidora show sexual dimorphism and both sexes are camouflaged to look like leaf. Males and females are caught in traps baited with fruit or decaying organic matter.
Brasil; Colombia; Paraguay; Suriname
Adults feed on rotten fruit and rotten carrion
Host-plants compiled by Beccaloni et al. 2008:
Flacourtiaceae: Casearia sylvestris, Casearia sp.
Rhamnaceae: Colubrina glandulosa, Colubrina sp.
brown, cream, orange, yellow
forest
Male, Jardim Botânico Adolpho Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas
Photo: Juscelino Marques Filho
Male, from dorsal
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Amazonas
Male, from ventral
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Amazonas
Female, from dorsal
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Amazonas
Female, from ventral
Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Amazonas