(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
Paryphthimoides poltys Prittwitz, 1865
Brush-footed butterfly
FMNHINS 0000 125 472 · gbif-1142458706
- Classification
- Lepidoptera › Nymphalidae › Paryphthimoides
- Collected
- 1961-10-05
- Collector
- B. Malkin
- Region
- Loreto, Peru
- Elevation
- Not recorded
- Sex / stage
- Indeterminate · Adult
- Dataset
- Field Museum Insect Collection (GBIF)
- License
- CC0 1.0
Locality
Original label text
20 km from Ucayali on Río Callería, Colonia Callería
AI-recommended
20 km from Ucayali on Río Callería, Colonia Callería, Loreto, Peru
Curator-approved
Pending review
Collection event
- Method (original)
- “Hand collected on flowers of Lantana”
- Method (AI-normalised)
- Hand collection
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Label transcription
- Not recorded
Field notes & curator annotations
- Series collected same evening; this specimen representative.
Digitization & audit history
- imaged · 2026-10-20 · Collections database
Provenance
Retrieved 2026-10-20 via GBIF Occurrence API, GBIF occurrence 1142458706, occurrenceID 0658c70f-cecb-4b1e-9a34-80cc65cf0244. Rights holder: The Field Museum of Natural History.
occurrenceID 0658c70f-cecb-4b1e-9a34-80cc65cf0244
Related specimens
Explore further

Pareuptychia hesionides (Forster, 1964)
Brush-footed butterfly · Nymphalidae
Fazenda Rancho Grande, nr Ariquemes, Rondônia, Brazil · 1993-10-09

Cissia terrestris (Butler, 1867)
Brush-footed butterfly · Nymphalidae
Fazenda Rancho Grande, nr Ariquemes, Rondônia, Brazil · 1993-10-15

Oleria aquata (Weymer, 1875)
Brush-footed butterfly · Nymphalidae
Fazenda Rancho Grande, nr Ariquemes, Rondônia, Brazil · 1993-10-09

Adelpha thesprotia Felder, 1867
Brush-footed butterfly · Nymphalidae
Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru · 1983-01-08

Melinaea mnasias romualdo Fox, 1965
Brush-footed butterfly · Nymphalidae
Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru · 1983-01-07

Siproeta stelenes Linnaeus, 1758
Brush-footed butterfly · Nymphalidae
Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru · 1983-01-08