Patrobas skipper

Wing span:

Identification: The wings are dark brown with dark brown fringe (fringe on the hindwings mixed with white). The forewings have a subapical white band, a postdiscal iridescent green band with one white spot, and a discal white band. The dorsum is also iridescent green and there is a faint iridescent green patch below the subapical band. The forewings also have an iridescent green postbasal band which appears as part iridescent green and part white on the underside. On the upperside of the forewings, the cell above the dorsum has an iridescent green small horizontal band. The hindwings have three vertical iridescent green bands. On the underside, there is an additional iridescent green band near the outer iridescent green band. The upperside of the wings have an iridescent blue tint between the iridescent green markings.

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plantCoussapoa nymphaeifoliaHampea appendiculataPiptocarpha poeppigianaTrichospermum galeottiiTrichospermum grewiifolium (Warren et al., 2013)

Adult food:

Reported from: Guyana (specific locality not available)