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Hamadryas laodamia is a neotropical butterfly, dark in color with light blue spots, in a cheetah pattern, and with very peculiar habits in adults.It is a typical insect of forests, found from Mexico to South America.Like other Hamadryas, the male H. laodamia is territorial and, as an adult, it perches on a tree trunk at a height of about two meters, where it waits for a potential mate. Very attentive to the surrounding presence, the insect retreats at the slightest disturbance and returns when it realizes that the potential threat has left, slowly descending to its original position. It keeps its head turned downwards and its wings glued to the trunk, remaining this way for long periods, and is rarely seen far from the trunks. Adults feed on rotting fruit, although they occasionally take mineralized water and even human sweat; it is active from sunrise to sunset.