Nymphalidae : Biblidinae
Dynamine serina (Fabricius, 1775)
Caribbean Sailor
Dynamine serina (Fabricius, 1775)
Caribbean Sailor
Previously known as: Dynamine egaea
Description and Similar Species: Wingspan 32-46mm. Sexually dimorphic with males being a distinctive pale lime-green above, and females having metallic blue restricted to the base of the wings unlike male Mexican Sailor Dynamine postverta in which the blue covers the upperwings with just a couple of brown marks and edging.
Range: Found from Mexico down to Paraguay in South America, and also on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola.
Status: Widespread but not very common along woodland edges and clearings. The subspecies calais is endemic to Cuba.
Nectar Plants: Lantana sp.
Larval Foodplants: Unknown on Cuba but larvae are said to have been reared on Platygine urens (Hernández). This plant has been renamed Urera baccifera (Urticaceae) which is a shrub or small tree that can reach 5m in height. On Jamaica eggs are laid singly generally beneath mature leaves of Tragia volubilis (Euphorbiaceae).
Description and Similar Species: Wingspan 32-46mm. Sexually dimorphic with males being a distinctive pale lime-green above, and females having metallic blue restricted to the base of the wings unlike male Mexican Sailor Dynamine postverta in which the blue covers the upperwings with just a couple of brown marks and edging.
Range: Found from Mexico down to Paraguay in South America, and also on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola.
Status: Widespread but not very common along woodland edges and clearings. The subspecies calais is endemic to Cuba.
Nectar Plants: Lantana sp.
Larval Foodplants: Unknown on Cuba but larvae are said to have been reared on Platygine urens (Hernández). This plant has been renamed Urera baccifera (Urticaceae) which is a shrub or small tree that can reach 5m in height. On Jamaica eggs are laid singly generally beneath mature leaves of Tragia volubilis (Euphorbiaceae).
