Letis buteo (Guenée, 1852)

Scientific name: Letis buteo (Guenée, 1852)
Common name:
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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:
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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.


Letis buteo - French Guiana, France - March 15th 2012
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Letis buteo
I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session.

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