Archaeoprepona
| Archaeoprepona | |
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| One-spotted prepona (A. demophon) dorsal | |
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| A. demophon ventral, Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Preponini |
| Genus: | Archaeoprepona (Fruhstorfer, 1915) |
| Type species | |
| Papilio demophon Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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 Hans Fruhstorfer coined the genus Archaeoprepona in 1916, and were therefore originally placed in other genera. This includes the type species of the genus, Archaeoprepona demophon, first described as Papilio demophon by Carl Linnaeus. Even after the description of the genus Archaeoprepona, the members have commonly been included in Prepona instead.
Species in the genus Archaeoprepona:[1][2]
- Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915
- Archaeoprepona amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775) – white-spotted prepona or turquoise-banded shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona camilla (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
- Archaeoprepona chalciope (Hübner, [1823])
- Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758) – one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona demophoon (Hübner, [1814]) – Hübner's shoemaker, silver king shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona licomedes (Cramer, [1777]) – Cramer's shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona meander (Cramer, [1775]) – Meander prepona
- Archaeoprepona phaedra (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
Ecozone
Systematics
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Clade showing phylogenetics of Archaeoprepona
Etymology
Amphimachus is a figure in Greek mythology.
Archaeoprepona amphimachus - both sides
Archaeoprepona demophon - both sides
Archaeoprepona licomedes - both sides
Hübner's 1821 illustration
References
- ↑ Nymphalidae Study Group website
- ↑ "Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
Media related to Archaeoprepona at Wikimedia Commons
- Archaeoprepona Photographs of specimens. Many are types
- Pteron in Japanese but has binomial names.