Archaeoprepona

Archaeoprepona

One-spotted prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Preponini
Genus:	Archaeoprepona (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Type species
Papilio demophon Linnaeus, 1758
Species
A. amphimachus A. camilla A. chalciope A. demophon A. demophoon A. licomedes A. meander A. phaedra
Synonyms
Pseudoprepona Le Moult, 1932

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 Fruhstorfer coined the genus Archaeoprepona in 1916, and were therefore originally placed in other genera. This include the type species of the genus, Archaeoprepona demophon, first described as Papilio demophon by Linnaeus. Even after the description of the genus Archaeoprepona, the members have commonly been included in Prepona instead.

Species and subspecies in the genus Archaeoprepona:^[1]

Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Archaeoprepona amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775) – White-spotted Prepona or Turquoise-banded Shoemaker
  - Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775)
  - Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphiktion Fruhstorfer, 1924
  - Archaeoprepona amphimachus baroni
  - Archaeoprepona amphimachus megacles Fruhstorfer, 1916
  - Archaeoprepona amphimachus symaithus Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Archaeoprepona camilla (Godman & Salvin, 1884)
- Archaeoprepona chalciope (Hübner)
  - Archaeoprepona chalciope chalciope (Hübner)
  - Archaeoprepona chalciope chalcis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  - Archaeoprepona chalciope domna Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758) – One-spotted Prepona, Banded King Shoemaker
  - Archaeoprepona demophon demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Archaeoprepona demophon centralis Fruhstorfer, 1904
  - Archaeoprepona demophon muson Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Archaeoprepona demophoon (Hübner, 1814) – Hübner's Shoemaker, Silver King Shoemaker
  - Archaeoprepona demophoon demophoon (Hübner, 1814)
  - Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola Fruhstorfer, 1904
  - Archaeoprepona demophoon gulina Fruhstorfer, 1904
  - Archaeoprepona demophoon lyde Fruhstorfer, 1916
  - Archaeoprepona demophoon mexicana Llorente, Descimon & Johnson, 1993
  - Archaeoprepona demophoon tyrias Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Archaeoprepona licomedes (Cramer, 1777) – Cramer's Shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona luctuosus Walch.
- Archaeoprepona meander (Cramer, 1775) – Meander Prepona
  - Archaeoprepona meander meander (Cramer, 1775)
  - Archaeoprepona meander amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775)
  - Archaeoprepona meander megabates Fruhstorfer, 1916
  - Archaeoprepona meander phoebus Boisduval, 1870
- Archaeoprepona phaedra (Godman & Salvin, 1882)