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Cabirus procas

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Species of insect

Cabirus procas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Cabirus
Species: C. procas
Binomial name
Cabirus procas
(Cramer, 1777)
Distribution     Native range

Cabirus procas is a species of butterfly of the genus Cabirus.

Description

Male specimens of C. procas is yellow and black, while female specimens look completely different, where white hyaline spots replace the yellow colour with brownish-black veins and folds.

Distribution

Cabirus procas can be found in the Amazon basin, from The Guianas to Peru.

References

  1. Cramer (1777) Uitlandsche Kapellen, voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en bescreeven. 2.
  2. ^ Seitz, Adalbert (1933), The Macrolepidoptera of the world : a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera, Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.61923, OCLC 5987765, Wikidata Q51500548
Taxon identifiers
Cabirus procas


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