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