| Agrias | |
|---|---|
| Agrias sp. male. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Preponini |
| Genus: | Agrias Doubleday, 1845 |
| Species | |
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5 or more, see text |
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| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
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.
The following species are accepted by the Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera:
Other authors differ, for instance in regarding A. narcissus as a subspecies of A. aedon. Older literature, particularly that in French, is often confusing.