Megeuptychia antonoe (Cramer, 1775)
				Common Name:
Antonoe Satyr
		
		
				
					Antonoe Satyr
						Synonyms:
						
				
				
				
				
					Papilio antonoe (Cramer, 1775)
Euptychia zeba (Butler, 1869)
Euptychia antonoë, [sic] f. confluens (R. Krüger, 1929)
						Natural History:
						
				
				
					Megeuptychia is a genus with only two species recorded in the Neotropics, and the species M. monopunctata is recorded in Ecuador (Lamas, 2004).
Megeuptychia antonoe is a frugivorous species, and unlike of the most satyr, this species is almost exclusively collected in the forest canopy. In central Amazonia was rarely collected in traps in understory.
						Distribution:
Brasil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Perú; Suriname
				
				
					Brasil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Perú; Suriname
						Occurence Period:
						
				
				
					occurs throughout the year
						Feeding Adult:
						
				
				
					Adulst feed on rotting fruit
						Feeding Caterpillars:
						
				
			
		
			In Costa Rica the caterpillars are recorded on Cyclanthaceae (Cyclanthus sp.) and Marantaceae (Calathea lutea),according compiled by Beccaloni et al. (2008).
				Color:
grey, brown
		
		
			grey, brown
				Habitat:
forest
		
		
		
		
		
		
				
					forest
						Publications:
						
				
			
	- 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
 
	
							
					
		
	
						

