Iphiclus sister

Wing span:

Identification: The wings are dark brown with black vertical lines and a central white band from mid to dorsum on the forewings and from the costa to above the tornus on the hindwings. The forewings have a subapical orange patch (which appears whitish on the underside) and the hindwings have an orange patch at the tornus. The wings are whitish-mauve on the underside in between the black vertical lines.

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plant: Calycophyllum candidissimumUncaria tomentosa (Warren et al., 2013)

Adult food:

Reported from: Mabaruma (Region 1), Kartabo (Region 7), Kuyuwini River (Region 9), Demerara River