Godyris zavaleta

Godyris zavaleta, the Zavaleta glasswing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to southern Peru. The habitat consists of lowland and mid-elevation rainforests at altitudes up to 900 meters.

Godyris zavaleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Godyris
Species:
G. zavaleta
Binomial name
Godyris zavaleta
(Hewitson, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ithomia zavaleta Hewitson, 1855
  • Ithomia gonussa Hewitson, 1856
  • Ithomia telesilla Hewitson, 1863
  • Ithomia sosunga Reakirt, [1866]
  • Ithomia petersii Dewitz, 1877
  • Ithomia zygia Godman & Salvin, 1877
  • Hymenitis matronalis Weymer, 1883
  • Dismenitis zavaletta amaretta Haensch, 1903
  • Dismenitis zygia var. caesiopicta Niepelt, 1915
  • Godyris zavaleta sorites Fox, 1968

Adults visit the flowers of Epidendrum panniculatum. Adult males sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium, Tournefourtia, Myosotis, Eupatorium, Neomiranda and Senecio species, making the species toxic to deter predation by birds.[2]

The larvae feed on Solanum species (including S. brenesii), but have also been recorded feeding on Cestrum nocturnum.

Subspecies
  • G. z. zavaleta (Colombia)
  • G. z. baudoensis Vitale & Rodriguez, 2004 (Colombia)
  • G. z. caesiopicta (Niepelt, 1915) (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • G. z. eutelina Brévignon, 1993 (Guyanas)
  • G. z. gonussa (Hewitson, 1856) (Colombia)
  • G. z. huallaga Fox, 1941 (Peru)
  • G. z. matronalis (Weymer, 1883) (Ecuador)
  • G. z. petersii (Dewitz, 1877) (Colombia)
  • G. z. rosata Vitale & Rodriguez, 2004 (Ecuador)
  • G. z. sosunga (Reakirt, [1866]) (Honduras)
  • G. z. telesilla (Hewitson, 1863) (Ecuador)
  • G. z. zygia (Godman & Salvin, 1877) (Costa Rica to Panama)

References
  1. "Godyris Boisduval, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes


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