Chetone zuleika is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vitor Osmar Becker and David T. Goodger in 2013. It is found in Panama, Colombia and Brazil.[1][2]

Chetone zuleika
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chetone
Species:
C. zuleika
Binomial name
Chetone zuleika
Becker & Goodger, 2013

Adults mimic the butterflies Heliconius hecale zuleika, Tithorea tarricina pinthias, Eueides procula vulgiformis and Papilio ascolius zalates.

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Chetone zuleika Becker & Goodger, 2013". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Becker, Vitor O. (15 September 2013). "Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa" (PDF). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 46: 53–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.