Archaeoprepona
| Archaeoprepona | |
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| One-spotted prepona (A. demophon) dorsal | |
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| A. demophon ventral, Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Preponini |
| Genus: | Archaeoprepona (Fruhstorfer, 1915) |
| Type species | |
| Papilio demophon | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Archaeoprepona is a genus of Neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean. The underside of their wings is pale brownish, while the upperside is dark with a distinct bright blue band.
Taxonomy[]
Most taxa were described before Hans Fruhstorfer coined the genus Archaeoprepona in 1916, and were therefore originally placed in other genera. This includes the type species of the genus, Archaeoprepona demophon, first described as Papilio demophon by Carl Linnaeus. Even after the description of the genus Archaeoprepona, the members have commonly been included in Prepona instead.
Species in the genus Archaeoprepona:[1][2]
- Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915
- Archaeoprepona amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775) – white-spotted prepona or turquoise-banded shoemaker
- (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
- (Hübner, [1823])
- Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758) – one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker
- (Hübner, [1814]) – Hübner's shoemaker, silver king shoemaker
- (Cramer, [1777]) – Cramer's shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona meander (Cramer, [1775]) – Meander prepona
- (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
Biogeographic realm[]
Systematics[]
▼ Preponini
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Clade showing phylogenetics of Archaeoprepona
Etymology[]
Amphimachus is a figure in Greek mythology.
Archaeoprepona amphimachus - both sides
Archaeoprepona demophon - both sides
Archaeoprepona licomedes - both sides
Archaeoprepona chalciope – Hübner's 1821 illustration
Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola
References[]
- ^ "Nymphalidae Study Group website". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ "Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links[]
Media related to Archaeoprepona at Wikimedia Commons
- Archaeoprepona Photographs of specimens. Many are types
- Pteron in Japanese but has binomial names.
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