Prepona

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Prepona praeneste

Prepona

Prepona roginias

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked)	Rhopalocera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Preponini
Genus:	Prepona Boisduval, 1836

Species

Prepona deiphile
Prepona dexamenus
Prepona laertes
Prepona pheridamas
Prepona praeneste
Prepona pylene
Prepona werneri
and see species list in text.

Prepona is a genus of neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are strong fliers in tropical forests where they feed on fermenting fruits and animal dung.

Prepona deiphile is considered a threatened species in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.^[1]

1 Common names
2 Species list
3 References
4 External links
5 See Also

[edit] Common names

Prepona dexamenus - Dexamenus Prepona
Prepona laertes - Laertes Prepona
Prepona pheridamas - Pheridamas Prepona
Prepona pylene - Pylene Prepona

Source: Garwood, K., Lehman, Carter, W., & Carter, G. (2007). Butterflies of Southern Amazonia. McAllen, Texas: Kim Garwood publisher.

Prepona Plate.From Seitz

[edit] Species list

Note: Names preceded by an equal sign ( = ) are synonyms. ORIG indicates original name. Source: Nymphalidae Study Group website

Prepona Boisduval, 1836 ( = Morpho Hübner, 1819)
- Prepona omphale (Hübner, 1819) original name Morpho omphale Hübner, 1819
  - Prepona omphale omphale (Hübner, 1819)
  - Prepona omphale octavia Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Prepona pseudomphale Le Moult
- Prepona dexamenus Hopffer, 1874
  - Prepona dexamenus dexamenus Hopffer, 1874
  - Prepona dexamenus krates Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Prepona gnorima Bates, 1875
- Prepona lygia Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Prepona antimache Hübner
- Prepona brooksiana Godart
  - Prepona brooksiana diaziana Miller
  - Prepona brooksiana escalantiana Stoffel & Mast de Maeght, 1973
- Prepona buckleyana Hewitson
- Prepona deiphile Godart
- Prepona eugenes Bates, 1865
- Prepona garleppiana Staudinger
- Prepona idexamenus Hopffer, 1874
- Prepona joyceyi Le Moult
- Prepona laertes (Hübner, 1811) original name Potamis laertes Hübner, 1811 ( = Nymphalis demodice Godart, 1824)
- Prepona lilianae Le Moult
- Prepona neoterpe Hour.
- Prepona pheridamas (Cramer, 1777)
- Prepona philipponi Le Moult
- Prepona praeneste Hewitson
  - Prepona praeneste praeneste Hewitson
  - Prepona praeneste praenestina Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Prepona pseudojoiceyi Le Moult
- Prepona pylene Hewitson, 1853
- Prepona rothschildi Le Moult
- Prepona sarumani Smart, 1976
- Prepona subomphale Le Moult
- Prepona werneri Hering & Hopp.
- Prepona xenagoras Hewitson

[edit] References

Eugène Le Moult, 1932.Etudes sur les Prepona: lépidoptères rhopalocères américains E. Le Moult, Paris: Editions scientifiques du Cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, 1932.