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Biblis hyperia

Dorsal view

Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Biblis Fabricius, 1807
Species:	B. hyperia
Binomial name
*Biblis hyperia* (Cramer, 1779)^[1]
Synonyms
Genus: Zonaga Billberg, 1820 Zonagra Sherborn, 1932 Species: Papilio hyperia Didonis biblis Godman & Salvin, [1883]

Biblis hyperia, the red rim or crimson-banded black, is a species of brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae) that is native to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as far south as Paraguay.^[2] Its genus Biblis is so far monotypic, but at least one other undescribed species is suspected to exist.

They can be seen flying between March and November in subtropical forest.^[3]^[4] The immature larvae feed on Tragia volubilis.^[5]

Description

Adults have a velvety-black forewing with a gray hindwing. The hindwing has a pinkish-red band.^[4] The caterpillars of this species are gray brown with raised green marks and spikes.^[3] 1342

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[6]

B. h. aganisa Boisduval, 1836
B. h. hyperia (Cramer, [1779])
B. h. laticlavia (Thieme, 1904)
B. h. nectanabis (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
B. h. pacifica (Hall, 1928)

An unnamed species has been identified in Peru.^[7]

Lateral view of pupa
Dorsal view of pupa
Dorsal view - MHNT
Ventral view - MHNT

References

^ "Biblis hyperia Red Rim". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
^ "Red Rim Biblis hyperia (Cramer, 1779)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
^ ^a ^b "Species Biblis hyperia - Red Rim". Retrieved 2009-12-17.
^ ^a ^b Kaufman, Kenn; Brock, Jim P. (2003). Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-618-76826-4.
^ "Museum:Biblis hyperia". Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
^ "Biblis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Lamas, Gerardo. (2004) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.

External links

Media related to Biblis hyperia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Biblis at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Biblis hyperia	Wikidata: Q2710997 Wikispecies: Biblis hyperia BAMONA: Biblis-hyperia BioLib: 701636 BOLD: 12406 BugGuide: 6473 GBIF: 5131957 iNaturalist: 141752 IRMNG: 11429171 ITIS: 778010 LepIndex: 158772 MONA: 4539 NCBI: 127311 Observation.org: 188660 Open Tree of Life: 1028342

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