page_title: Perisama bomplandii
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Perisama bomplandii / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Ecuador, Tungurahua, El Topo, Río Zuñag.
context_page_description: Perisama bomplandii, or Bomplandi's perisama, is a butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844.
context_section_description: The wingspan of Perisama bomplandii is about 45–50 millimetres (1.8–2.0 in). These butterflies are the largest of the genus Perisama.
  Coloration and pattern of these butterflies are quite variable depending on subspecies. Usually the uppersides of the wings are blue black. The forewings are crossed obliquely from the costal margin to the inner margin by wide bands of golden green or blue. Close to the apex sometimes there is a small white spot. On the uppersides of the hindwings the outer margins are bordered with greenish or blueish. At the base there is a brilliant blue. The underside of the anterior wings is black, with a row of five blue spots, a brown inner margin and a gray base followed by light blue. The apex and the outer margin are gray. The undersides of the posterior wings are whitish or grayish, crossed by two black lines. Larvae feed on Serjania species.
caption: Male Perisama bomplandii ultramarina in Ecuador
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