| Letis buteo (Guenée, 1852) |
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Scientific name: Letis buteo (Guenée, 1852) Common name: French name: Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Heterocera Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Calpinae Wingspan: 80 mm. Biotope: Geographic area: Central America, from central Mexico, south to north of South America, as far as central Brazil. Flight time: All year round. Number of generations : Caterpillar: Host plant: |
Letis buteo has dark brown wings with violet sheens, especially towards the subcostal vein and its branches. The margin of the wings are scalloped. There is a paler median band which tapers near the costal edge. It is underlined by a thin black sawtooth line. The orbicular patch is oval shaped, dark brown, outlined with black, and touching a small black dash mark on the base side. The reniform patch has a half-circle shape, outlined with black. It extends with an elongated dark mark towards the margin. All together this looks like the shape of a mushroom. There is a thin black sawtooth submarginal line. The eyes are rather large. The thorax is crossed by two black stripes. |
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I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session. |
André Bon November 2014