Mottled longtail

Wing span:

Identification: Tailed butterfly with brown wings and light brown fringe. The forewings have a central oblique transparent band, a transparent spot adjacent to this band, and four subapical transparent spots. The hindwings are light brown on the underside with two dark brown bands and a dark brown postbasal spot. The dorsum of the forewings on the underside is yellowish-brown, and the apex and postdiscal region near the costa are light brown while the subapical region has a short black band.

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Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plantSenna obtusifolia

Adult food: Flower nectar of Ageratum

Reported from: Guyana (specific locality not available)