Agrias amydon
| Agrias amydon | |
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| Agrias amydon frontina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Preponini |
| Genus: | Agrias |
| Species: | A. amydon |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrias amydon Hewitson, [1854] | |
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The Amydon Agrias or White-spotted Agrias (Agrias amydon) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico, south through Central America to South America.
The larvae feed on Erythroxylum species, including Erythroxylum havanense.
Subspecies
- Agrias amydon amydon (Colombia)
- Agrias amydon phalcidon (Brazil)
- Agrias amydon zenodorus (Ecuador, northern Peru)
- Agrias amydon amydonius (Peru (Loreto, Iquitos), Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia)
- Agrias amydon boliviensis (Bolivia (Yungas), Peru)
- Agrias amydon bogotana (western Venezuela to north-eastern Colombia)
- Agrias amydon frontina (north-western Ecuador (Rio Mira), western Colombia)
- Agrias amydon ferdinandi (Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Bahia, Pernambuco), Bolivia)
- Agrias amydon aurantiaca (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Surinam, south-western Venezuela)
- Agrias amydon aristoxenus (Peru, Bolivia)
- Agrias amydon excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Agrias amydon uniformis (Brazil (Roraima), southern Venezuela)
- Agrias amydon rubella (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Agrias amydon oaxacata (Mexico (Oaxaca))
- Agrias amydon smalli (Panama)
- Agrias amydon philatelica (Mexico (Chiapas), Costa Rica)
- Agrias amydon lacandona (Mexico)
There is also an undescribed subspecies from Venezuela.
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Agrias amydon amydonius
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Agrias amydon phalcidon
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