Ceratinia tutia explained

Ceratinia tutia, the tutia clearwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Mexico to Brazil. The wingspan is about 52 mm. It is a highly variable species.^[1] The larvae of subspecies Ceratinia tutia dorilla have been recorded feeding on Solanum species, including S. antillarum.

Subspecies

• Ceratinia tutia tutia; Venezuela
• Ceratinia tutia azarina (Weymer, 1899); Ecuador and Peru
• Ceratinia tutia callichroma (Staudinger, 1885); Ecuador
• Ceratinia tutia chanchamaya (Haensch, 1905); Peru
• Ceratinia tutia dorilla (Bates, 1864); Nicaragua and Venezuela
• Ceratinia tutia fuscens (Haensch, 1905); Bolivia
• Ceratinia tutia hopfferi (Weymer, 1899); Peru
• Ceratinia tutia poecila (Bates, 1862); Ecuador and Colombia
• Ceratinia tutia poeciloides (Riley, 1919); Brazil
• Ceratinia tutia porrecta (Haensch, 1905); Bolivia
• Ceratinia tutia radiosa (Haensch, 1903); Ecuador
• Ceratinia tutia robusta (Haensch, 1905); Bolivia
• Ceratinia tutia selenides (Weymer, 1899); Peru
• Ceratinia tutia singularis (Rebel, 1902); Ecuador
• Ceratinia tutia tosca (Schaus, 1902); Colombia
• Ceratinia tutia transversa (Hering, 1925); Colombia

Notes and References

1. http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?lang=en&ref=88 Butterflies of Sangay National Park