''Siproeta epaphus'', the rusty-tipped page or brown siproeta,
[Carter, David. (2002) Butterflies and Moths. Second American Edition. New York:Dorling Kindersley Ltd. p.136] is a
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...
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 ...
that lives all year in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
habitats. It has large wings, averaging ,
[ that are black in the inner portion of the top surface and brown throughout the underside. Both surfaces have a bold white transverse stripe continuing across both wings. The outer portion of the forewings, beyond the white stripe, is rusty orange in the widespread subspecies ''S. epaphus epaphus''; it is mostly or entirely black in the other two subspecies. ''S. epaphus'' is found throughout ]Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
, where it is one of the most common butterflies. Its range extends from southern North America
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to central South America
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. The range includes (though may not be limited to) south Texas and rarely southern New Mexico south through both eastern and western Mexico to the Guyanas, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
Subspecies
There are three recognized subspecies:
References
External links
Rusty-tipped Page
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Learn about Butterflies
epaphus
Butterflies described in 1813
Butterflies of Central America
Butterflies of North America
Fauna of Brazil
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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