Helicopis cupido

Helicopis cupido
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Helicopis
Species:	H. cupido
Binomial name
	Helicopis cupido; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Helicopis cupido, the gold-drop helicopis or spangled cupid, is a species of butterfly from the genus Helicopis,[1] it is found in America.

Description

Helicopis cupido is a creamy-white butterfly resembling Helicopis acis. Its wing has narrow black borders and the base of the fore-wings is yellowish.[2] Under favourable conditions, its pearly white colour might have a metallic shine.[3] The head of the larva is red, but otherwise, it is very similar to that of H. acis.

References

Carl Linnaeus; Lars Salvius (1759), Systema Naturae: Per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. (in Latin), vol. 2, Wikidata Q21608458
Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell), 1844-1912 (1897), A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera, London: E. Lloyd, limited, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.9260, OCLC 6371576, Wikidata Q51486614{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
C. W. Mason (1 March 1926). "Structural Colors in Insects. I". The journal of physical chemistry. 30 (3): 383–395. doi:10.1021/J150261A009. ISSN 0092-7325. Wikidata Q119787700.

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[1] Carl Linnaeus; Lars Salvius (1759), Systema Naturae: Per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. (in Latin), vol. 2, Wikidata Q21608458

[2] Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell), 1844-1912 (1897), A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera, London: E. Lloyd, limited, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.9260, OCLC 6371576, Wikidata Q51486614{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] C. W. Mason (1 March 1926). "Structural Colors in Insects. I". The journal of physical chemistry. 30 (3): 383–395. doi:10.1021/J150261A009. ISSN 0092-7325. Wikidata Q119787700.