Agrias aedon
| Agrias aedon | |
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| Agrias aedon plate accompanying the original description in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1848. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Preponini |
| Genus: | Agrias |
| Species: | A. aedon |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrias aedon Hewitson, [1848] | |
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The Aedon Agrias (Agrias aedon) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone
Subspecies
- A. a. aedon (Colombia, Venezuela, possibly Panama)
- A. a. rodriguezi Schaus, 1918 (Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica)
- A. a. pepitoensis Michael, 1930 (western Colombia)
References
- Rebillard, P. (1961), Révision systématique des Lépidoptères Nymphalides du genre Agrias. Memoires du Museum National d`Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie A, Zoologie, Tome XXII, Fasicule 2.
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