Agrias (butterfly)
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 Agrias sp. Male.
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Agrias is a genus of charaxine nymphalid butterflies found in South and Central America.
Prized by collectors, these large, showy butterflies have had hundreds of names applied to polymorphic variants.
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[edit] Taxonomy
The species listed in the taxobox right are those accepted by Lamas, G. (2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Gainsville, Florida). [1] Other authors differ, for instance in regarding A. narcissus as a subspecies of A. aedon. Past literature, particularly that in French, is often confusing.
[edit] External links
The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agrias.- Agrias photographs
- Nymphalidae Study Group
- The Agrias Page
- Pteron (Japanese site with binomial names)
[edit] References
- Rebillard, P., Revision Systematique Des Lepidopteres Nymphalides Du Genre Agrias. Memoires du Museum National d`Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie A, Zoologie, Tome XXII, Fasicule 2.
- Späth, M. (1999). Pt. 2. Agrias. In: E. Bauer (Ed.), Butterflies of the World. (Vol. Nymphalidae I, pp. 12 p., 20 col. plates). Keltern: Goecke & Evers.
[edit] Gallery
 Agrias amydon phalcidon upperside |
 Agrias narcissus forma gilliani |
 Agrias claudina wachenheimi |
 Agrias claudia satanas underside |
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