''Catoblepia xanthus'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found in northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

Subspecies

*''Catoblepia xanthus xanthus'' (Peru, Guianas) *''Catoblepia xanthus rivalis'' Niepelt, 1911 (Ecuador)

References

Butterflies described in 1758 Morphinae Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Morphinae-stub