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Butterflies of
the Amazon and Andes
Narrow-line
Beauty
Baeotus
japetus
STAUDINGER, 1885
Family - NYMPHALIDAE
subfamily -
NYMPHALINAE
Tribe - COEINI
Baeotus
japetus,
Rio Madre de Dios, Peru
Introduction
This
species
is one of 4 members of the genus
Baeotus,
all of which are confined to the neotropics.
Habitats
Baeotus
japetus
breeds in lowland wet tropical forests at altitudes below about
600m, and
appears to be largely confined to the upper Amazon areas of Brazil and
Peru.
Lifecycle
Unknown. The genus
appears to be very closely related to
Historis,
which suggests that
Moraceae and Urticaceae are probable foodplants.
Adult behaviour
The adults are usually seen
singly, but sometimes in two's or three's, in the company of
Baeotus aeilus or B. deucalion.
They are regular visitors to patches of
mineral-rich damp sand along the beaches of rivers in Amazonia.
They have a rapid and powerful flight, and if disturbed, fly up
and settle on nearby tree trunks or vegetation, but quickly return
to their original feeding spot.
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