Prepona pylene

Prepona pylene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Prepona
Species: P. pylene
Binomial name
Prepona pylene
Hewitson, 1853[1]
Synonyms
  • Prepona miranda Staudinger, [1885]
  • Prepona pylene santina Fruhstorfer, 1897
  • Prepona pylene proschion Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona transiens Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Prepona eugenes Bates, 1865
  • Prepona simois C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Prepona eugenes var. ecuadorica Strand, 1921
  • Prepona eugenes ameinogenes Röber, 1928
  • Prepona gnorima Bates, 1865
  • Prepona demophile Westwood, 1850
  • Prepona demophile C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Prepona eugenes argyria Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona laertides Staudinger, 1898
  • Prepona eugenes diluta Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona eugenes decorata Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona pylene philetas Fruhstorfer, 1904

Prepona pylene, the narrow-banded shoemaker, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Hewitson in 1853. It is found throughout the Amazonian region from Honduras to Paraguay. The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes between 400 and 1,000 meters.[2]

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