环袖蝶是蝴蝶的一个物种,是环袖蝶属中唯一的一个种。其栖地由巴西至墨西哥中部,且在夏天中,少部分会在堪萨斯州出现。翅长为86-89毫米,雄蝶的翅膀颜色为亮橘色,带上黑色的条纹,而雌蝶翅膀颜色则为较淡的橘色,黑色条纹较为模糊。主要食用花密和鸟粪,而其幼虫则以百香果的藤蔓为食,通常出现在低海拔的热带平原和村庄里。环袖蝶不受鸟类的喜爱,这属于一种贝氏拟态。(Pinheiro 1996)
参考文献
- Pinheiro, Carlos E. G. (1996): Palatablility and escaping ability in Neotropical butterflies: tests with wild kingbirds (Tyrannus melancholicus, Tyrannidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 59(4): 351–365. HTML abstract (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Dryadula phaetusa, Butterflies of North America, from the United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center.
外部链接
- Minnesota Zoo's Butterfly Garden (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) - features the Dryadula phaetusa butterfly.
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