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Butterflies of
the Amazon and Andes
Beotus
Beauty
Baeotus beotus
DOUBLEDAY,
1849
Family - NYMPHALIDAE
subfamily -
NYMPHALINAE
Tribe - COEINI
introduction
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habitats |
lifecycle |
adult behaviour
Baeotus
beotus,
Pantiacolla, Rio Alto Madre de Dios, Peru
Introduction
There
are 4 members of the genus
Baeotus,
all of which are confined to the neotropics.
Baeotus
beotus is said to
occur from Costa Rica to the southern Amazon. Some taxonomists argue
that it is confined to Colombia, and that similar specimens from other parts of
the neotropics are forms of
aeilus (
=amazonicus ).
Habitats
Lowland wet tropical forests at altitudes below about 500m.
Lifecycle
Unknown. The genus
appears to be very closely related to
Historis,
which suggests that
Moraceae and Urticaceae are probable foodplants.
Adult behaviour
Males are usually seen
singly, resting on tree trunks, or feeding at fallen fruit. They
also aggregate with other Nymphalidae to imbibe dissolved minerals at damp sand
on riverbanks.
Baeotus
beotus,
Satipo, Peru |
