Diet

• Caterpillars feed on vines in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae).

• Larvae feed on the foliage and shelter among leaves of the host vine.

• Adults feed on rotting fruit, tree sap and other fermenting plant material, rather than relying primarily on flower nectar.

Range

• Pyrrhogyra neaerea has a broad Neotropical distribution extending from Mexico through Central America to the Guianas and Paraguay.

• The Mexican and Central American populations are generally treated as the subspecies P. n. hypsenor.

• It occurs in Guerrero and is found in the Zihua area.

Habitat

• It inhabits tropical forest, tropical dry forest, woodland edges, clearings and secondary vegetation.

• Adults are particularly associated with forest margins and openings where fermenting fruit and tree sap are available.

• It can occur in relatively dry tropical woodland as well as more humid forest.

Description

• A medium-sized brush-footed butterfly with a wingspan of approximately 50–60 mm.

• The upper surface is predominantly dark brown, with a broad white band crossing both wings.

• The forewing band is divided by the wing veins, while the hindwing carries a broad, continuous pale band.

• A small reddish spot near the anal angle of the hindwing is characteristic.

• The underside is largely white with a broad dark brown border and a reddish-orange line extending along the hindwing margin.

• The outer margins of the wings are somewhat scalloped, and the forewing apex is relatively rounded compared with some closely related Pyrrhogyra.