Hippeastrum papilio is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Brazil.
Description Colours are variable from white to creamy-green, or dark apple-green with carmine, maroon or purple striations.Pacific Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio
Taxonomy Collected in the 1960s, it was originally described by Pierfelice Ravenna in 1970 as a species of Amaryllis, it was transferred to Hippeastrum by Johan Van Scheepen in 1997.Taxon 46: 18 (1997)
Etymology The specific epithet papilio means butterfly in Latin.
Distribution Tropical rain forests of the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil. While its natural habitat is shrinking, it is becoming increasingly popular in horticulture.
Ecology This plant is epiphytic.
Conservation H. papilio is considered endangered.
References
Sources
GBIF: Hippeastrum papilio Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107. 2008 International Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio (image) Forzza, R. C. et al. 2010 onwards. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil