ANIMALS – INSECTS – BUTTERFLIES – BLUE-WINGED EUYRBIA (EURYBIA LYCISCA)

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Blue-winged Euyrbia (Eurybia lycisca)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Lepidoptera
Family :Riodinidae
Genus : Eurybia
Species : E. Lycisca

Description:

The Blue-winged Euyrbia(Eurybia lycisca) is a butterflyof the Riodinidaefamily. It is found in from Mexico to Ecuador, including some Caribbean Islands.

Larvae feen on Calathea lutea, C. crotalifera, C. inocephala, C. latifolia, C. warsczewisczia, and Ischnosiphon pruniosus.

Binomial Name:

Name : Eurybia lycisca
Taxonomist : John Obadiah Westwood (Sheffield - England)
Year : 1851
Subspecies : None, or no data available
Synonyms : Eurybia lamia, Eurybia lamia lamia, Eurybia caerulescens palikourea

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

Philatelic Issues

2007 – Uruguay – Stamp 1 of 4, from Butterflies Series

Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: October 26th, 2007
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value:UYP 5

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated