Epinome cracker
The epinome cracker is a butterfly from South America. It belongs to the cracker butterflies, a group known for the crackling sound they can make when they fly. Scientists think it first came from Paraguay.
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Fun facts
Scientists believe this butterfly first lived in Paraguay and then spread to the countries around it.
Today it can be found in at least five South American countries, from Peru in the west to Uruguay in the east.
Like other cracker butterflies, it can make a little crackling noise with its wings as it flies.
Most asked questions about Epinome cracker
?Where does the epinome cracker live?
In South America, in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Uruguay.
?Why is it called a cracker?
Cracker butterflies can make a crackling sound when they fly.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hamadryas epinome
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- South America
Where the facts come from
- Hamadryas epinome (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Alessandra Dalia. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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