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Scarce Bamboo Page
Cyndy Sims Parr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Scarce Bamboo Page

Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763)

Names

EnglishScarce Bamboo Page
Dutch—
SpanishMariposa falsa malaquita sureña
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific namePhilaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763)

About this species

Philaethria dido, the scarce bamboo page or dido longwing, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and tropical South America, both east and west of the Andes, from Brazil and Ecuador northwards to Mexico. Strays can sometimes be found in the lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusPhilaethria

In Suriname

15Records in Suriname
4iNaturalist observations
2002First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini4
  • Brokopondo2
  • Commewijne1
  • Marowijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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