White-tailed longtail

Wing span:

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

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plantChloroleucon mangenseEnterolobium cyclocarpumHymenolobium mesoamericanumMachaerium cobanenseMachaerium salvadorenseMimosa guilandinaeSamanea samanVachellia tenuifolia (Warren et al., 2013)

Adult food: Flower nectar of Ageratum 

Reported from: CEIBA Biological Centre & Demerara (Region 4), Berbice (Region 6), Kamarang River, Omai & Quonga (Region 7), Acarai Mts., Nappi Creek, Rewa Eco-Lodge & Two Hat Mt. (Region 9)