White-edged longtail

Wing span:

Identification: Tailed butterfly with brown wings. The forewings have a central oblique band consisting of four transparent spots with one transparent spot adjacent to this band, and four smaller subapical transparent spots. The fringe of the hindwings is white from the termen to the tornus. The apical and termenal margins are white on the underside. The hindwings have faint black markings on the underside. 

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plantMimosa pigraVachellia tenuifolia (Warren et al., 2013)

Adult food:

Reported from: Mabaruma (Region 1), Bartica, Kamarang River, Omai & Quonga (Region 7), Kaieteur (Region 8), Takutu (Region 9)