Introduction
The Nymphalinae includes many of the most well known and beautiful Palaearctic butterflies such as the Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta, Painted Lady Vanessa cardui, Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa, Comma Polygonia c-album, and Peacock Inachis io.
Among the neotropical representatives are Colobura, Smyrna, Napeocles, Siproeta, Baeotus, Historis, Junonia, Anartia and Hypanartia.
There are 14 Hypanartia species, all of which occur primarily in the subtropical climes of the Andean cloudforests and the Cordilleras of Central America.
Hypanartia trimaculata is distributed from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. There are 3 named subspecies.
Habitats
This is a cloudforest butterfly, found at elevations between about 1000-1800m.
Lifecycle
To be completed.
Adult behaviour
Males visit seepages and urine-soaked ground along roadsides, and the edges of streams. They flit nervously from spot to spot until they find a patch of ground rich in dissolved minerals, where they drink, while periodically fanning their wings.
