Lucinia cadma

Lucinia cadma is a species of brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica. Distinct subspecies are found on other Caribbean islands.

Lucinia cadma
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Lucinia Hübner, [1823]
Species:	L. cadma
Binomial name
Lucinia cadma (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Papilio cadma Drury, 1773 Lucinia sida cubana Fruhstorfer, 1912 Nymphalis cadma torrebia Ménétriés, 1832

Description

Upper side: antennae black. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Wings tawny yellow. The anterior having the extreme parts, near the tips, black; with two yellowish spots thereon, joining the anterior edges; also a round black spot situated at the lower corners on the posterior edges. Posterior wings immaculate, except a black streak placed on the anterior edges next the upper corners.

Under side: tongue black. Breast, legs, and abdomen ash-coloured. The superior wings marked and coloured as on the upper side, but less distinctly. Posterior wings tawny orange, having a broad ash-coloured bar crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges. On this bar are placed two eyes, with double pupils; the lower one being of a fine blue with a yellow iris; the upper one, next the anterior edges, blue and black, with a brown iris. Margins of the wings dentated.

Wing-span 2 inches (50 mm).

Subspecies

• Lucinia cadma cadma (Jamaica)
• Lucinia cadma albomaculata Rindge, 1955 (Bahamas)
• Lucinia cadma sida Hübner, [1823] (Cuba)
• Lucinia cadma torrebia (Ménétriés, 1832) (Haiti)