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