Prepona laertes

Prepona laertes
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Prepona
Species: P. laertes
Binomial name
Prepona laertes
(Hübner, [1811])[1]
Synonyms
  • Potamis superba laertes Hübner, [1811]
  • Morpho omphale Hübner, [1819]
  • Prepona omphale
  • Prepona laertes pallidior Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Nymphalis demodice Godart, [1824]
  • Prepona laertes ikarios Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona laertes penelope Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona laertes pallantias Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona laertes agathus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona omphale renea Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona omphale abulonia Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona omphale devioletta Fassl, 1922
  • Prepona lesounderi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona laertes guaraunes Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona joiceyi heringi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona joiceyi bouvieri Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona joiceyi poleti Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona [joiceyi] paraensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona joiceyi pebana Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona joiceyi tapajona Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudojoiceyi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale smithi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphala moureaui Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona philipponi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona philipponi maroniensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona rothschildi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona rothschildi amazonica Le Moult, 1932 (preocc. Staudindger, 1886 )
  • Prepona rothschildi cuyabensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona lilianae Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona lilianae blanci Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale decellei Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale foucheri Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale guiensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale yahnas Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale talboti Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale buenavista Le Moult, 1932
  • Morpho laertes Fabricius, 1938 (preocc. Hübner, [1811] )
  • Prepona rothschildi homonyma Bryk, 1939
  • Prepona joiceyi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona joiceyi overlaeti Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona joiceyi pseudodives Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudojoiceyi trinitensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona rothschildi venezuelensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale orinocensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale amesia Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Prepona joiceyi naranjensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudojoiceyi apollinari Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudojoiceyi fonquerniei Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudojoiceyi hondurensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudojoiceyi draudti Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale subdives Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale caucensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale aquacensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale guatemalensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale panamensis Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona omphale schausi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona pseudomphale lichyi Le Moult, 1932
  • Prepona subomphale Le Moult, 1932

The Shaded-Blue Leafwing or Laertes Prepona (Prepona laertes) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in large parts of Central and South America.

The wingspan is about 88 mm.[2] It is a very variable species and a great number of subspecies and forms have been described. Most of these are now considered synonyms.

The larvae feed on Inga vera, Inga ruiziana and Andira inermis.

Subspecies

Gallery

References

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