Brassolis sophorae

TaxID: 513115

Basic Information

Brassolis sophorae

Coconut Caterpillar

Brassolis sophorae is a species of large butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Acrocomia aculeata, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Arecastrum romazoffianum, Astrocaryum, Attalea, Bactris (including Bactris major), Butia eriospatha, Caryota mitis, Caryota urens, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Cocos nucifera, Copernicia cerifera, Desmoncus, Euterpe, Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, Livinstona chinensis, Mauritia flexuosa, Neodypsis decaryi, Orbignya, Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix dactylifera, Phoenix reclinata, Pritchardia pacifica, Ptychosperma macarthurii, Roystonea oleracea, Roystonea regia, Roystonea venezuelana, Sabal mauritiiformis, Sabal umbraculiferus, Scheelea macrocarpa, Washingtonia filifera, Saccharum officinarum, Musa sapientum, Ravenala madagascariensis and Strelitzia nicolai.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Nymphalidae

Brassolis

sophorae

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Brassolis sophorae
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(c) Elendil Cocchi@BY-NC
Brassolis sophorae
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(c) sinnacomb@BY-NC
Brassolis sophorae
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(c) unknown@CC0
Brassolis sophorae
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(c) Gabriel Völker Lacerda@BY-NC
Brassolis sophorae
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(c) Sidnei Dantas@BY-SA

Morphological Features

Adult. Forewing dorsal postmedial band normally orange and nearly entire, with a small brown spot at crossvein m2–m3 in males; in females, this band is nearly bifurcated into two branches at the distal edge of the discal cell. Forewing band usually confined to the upper part of the cell in male luridus. Hindwing band not well developed generally, but width varies; the widest bands are confined to specimens of ardens, the least developed to luridus. Two spots at the apex of the forewing cell are well developed. Dorsal color of abdomen usually brown, but faded orange in specimens from the Brazilian Atlantic coast.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (14 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Ecuador Present —
France Present —
Guyana Present —
Nicaragua Present —
Panama Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (6 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
LEPPA906-14 BOLD:AAI8229 COI-5P 658 Argentina 2013-02-11 -27.26239, -55.53495
LEPPA904-14 BOLD:AAI8229 COI-5P 658 Argentina 2013-02-11 -27.26239, -55.53495
LEPPA900-14 BOLD:AAI8229 COI-5P 595 Argentina 2013-02-11 -27.26239, -55.53495
LEPAR1370-18 BOLD:AAI8229 COI-5P 658 Argentina 2014-02-20 -25.56347, -54.29579
GBCAB32198-24 BOLD:AAI8229 COI-5P 691 Brazil - -
CGCM373-08 BOLD:AAI8229 COI-5P 658 Brazil 2006-10-18 -

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