''Panacea procilla'', the Procilla beauty, is a species of

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. It is found from

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to the

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and

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. The wingspan is 80–95 mm.

Subspecies

*''Panacea procilla procilla'' (western Venezuela) *''Panacea procilla lysimache'' Godman & Salvin, 883/small> (Panama (Volcan Chiriqui), Costa Rica) *''Panacea procilla ocana'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Colombia (lower Magdalena River)) *''Panacea procilla salacia'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Colombia) *''Panacea procilla mamorensis'' Hall, 1917 (Brazil(Rondônia))

References

Biblidinae Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Colombia Fauna of Costa Rica Fauna of Panama Lepidoptera of Venezuela Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies described in 1852 {{Biblidinae-stub