Prepona
Agrias currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Large, fast flying, fruit-feeding neotropical nymphalids. Wings of traditional members of the genus are cryptic on the ventral surface and black with iridescent blue transverse bands on the dorsal surface. Members of the former genus Agrias (P. aedon, P. amydon, P. claudina, P. hewitsonius and P. narcissus), now shown to be embedded within an otherwise paraphyletic Prepona, are quite distinctive and prized by collectors, with hundreds of names applied to the five canopy-dwelling neotropical species. The undersides of their hindwings asre strikingly similar to members of Catagrammini (Biblidinae).Nomenclature
Eugene Le Moult (1932) described 70 species, subspecies, forms and aberrations for variants of Prepona laertes, all of which are either junior synonyms or unavailable infrasubspecific names. Although some web-based "encyclopedias" treat many of these as names of species, modern researchers (e. g., Lamas 2004) recognize just four subspecies in laertes, the most recent described by Fruhstorfer in 1905 (see P. laertes page).References
Lamas G ed. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Le Moult, E. 1932. Études sure les Prepona, Paris: Le Moult Novit. Ent. Suppl. 1: viii + 16pp., 4 plates.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Prepona demophon |
|---|---|
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Prepona_demophon_1 |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
| Image Use |
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| Copyright | © 2003 Wes Kalinowski |
| Scientific Name | Prepona pheridamas |
|---|---|
| Location | Brazil: Mato Grosso, Cristalino Lodge |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Gill Carter |
| Life Cycle Stage | adult |
| View | ventral |
| Source | Pheridamas Prepona (Prepona pheridamas) |
| Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
| Copyright | © 2006 Gill Carter |
| Scientific Name | Agrias claudina |
|---|---|
| Location | Brazil: Mato Grosso, Cristalino Lodge |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Life Cycle Stage | adult |
| View | ventral |
| Source | Claudina Agrias (Agrias claudina) |
| Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
| Copyright | © 2002 Will Carter |
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- First online 05 November 2006
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