Panacea prola

Panacea prola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Panacea
Species:
P. prola
Binomial name
Panacea prola
(Doubleday, [1848])[1]
Synonyms
  • Pandora prola Doubleday, [1848]
  • Pandora prola Westwood, [1850]

Panacea prola, the prola beauty or red flasher, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica[2] to southern Brazil, but is most common in the foothills of the eastern Peruvian Andes.[3]

The wingspan is 65–75 mm. The underside of the hindwings is bright red without markings.

  1. ^ Panacea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador) : Panacea-prola Doubleday 1848
  3. ^ Butterflies of Amazonia - Panacea prola