Godyris zavaleta

Godyris zavaleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Godyris
Species:	G. zavaleta
Binomial name
Godyris zavaleta (Hewitson, 1855)
Synonyms
Ithomia zavaleta Hewitson, 1855 Ithomia gonussa Hewitson, 1856 Ithomia telesilla Hewitson, 1863 Ithomia sosunga Reakirt, [1866] Ithomia petersii Dewitz, 1877 Ithomia zygia Godman & Salvin, 1877 Hymenitis matronalis Weymer, 1883 Dismenitis zavaletta amaretta Haensch, 1903 Dismenitis zygia var. caesiopicta Niepelt, 1915 Godyris zavaleta sorites Fox, 1968

Godyris zavaleta, the Zavaleta glasswing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to southern Peru. The habitat consists of lowland and mid-elevation rainforests at altitudes up to 900 meters.

Adults visit the flowers of Epidendrum panniculatum. Adult males sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium, Tournefourtia, Myosotis, Eupatorium, Neomiranda and Senecio species, making the species toxic to deter predation by birds.

The larvae feed on Solanum species (including S. brenesii), but have also been recorded feeding on Cestrum nocturnum.

Subspecies

• G. z. zavaleta (Colombia)
• G. z. baudoensis Vitale & Rodriguez, 2004 (Colombia)
• G. z. caesiopicta (Niepelt, 1915) (Costa Rica, Panama)
• G. z. eutelina Brévignon, 1993 (Guyanas)
• G. z. gonussa (Hewitson, 1856) (Colombia)
• G. z. huallaga Fox, 1941 (Peru)
• G. z. matronalis (Weymer, 1883) (Ecuador)
• G. z. petersii (Dewitz, 1877) (Colombia)
• G. z. rosata Vitale & Rodriguez, 2004 (Ecuador)
• G. z. sosunga (Reakirt, [1866]) (Honduras)
• G. z. telesilla (Hewitson, 1863) (Ecuador)
• G. z. zygia (Godman & Salvin, 1877) (Costa Rica to Panama)