Astraptes fulgerator (Walch, 1775)
Common Name:
Two-barred Flasher
Two-barred Flasher
Synonyms:
Papilio fulgerator (Walch, 1775)
Description Male:
Large and robust body
Natural History:
Fast flying species, lands on leaves of lower shrubs up to trees high in the canopy which are exposed to the sun. Specimens can be collected with the swarms of army ants.
Distribution:
Argentina; United States: Texas
Argentina; United States: Texas
Occurence Period:
January to December
Feeding Adult:
On bird droppings and nectar
Feeding Caterpillars:
On Fabaceae plants (Inga spp.)
Color:
green, brown, metallic
green, brown, metallic
Habitat:
forest
forest
Publications:
- Miller J.C., Janzen D. H., Hallwachs W. (2006):
- 100 Caterpillars. Portraits from the tropical forests of Costa Rica. Book., Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: 1-264
- Hebert P.D., Penton E.H. , Burns J.M., Janzen D.H., Hallwachs W. (2004):
- Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. PNAS. 101: 14812-14817
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Jardim Botânico A. Ducke
Museu da Amazônia, Manaus, AM
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Male, from dorsal
Specimen from study areas north of Manaus, Amazonas
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Female, from dorsal
Specimen from study areas north of Manaus, Amazonas
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Female, from ventral
Specimen from study areas north of Manaus, Amazonas
