Prepona laertes
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Prepona |
Species: | P. laertes |
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Prepona laertes, the shaded-blue leafwing or Laertes prepona, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in large parts of Central and South America.
The wingspan is about 88 mm.[2] It is a very variable species and a great number of subspecies and forms have been described. Most of these are now considered synonyms.
The larvae feed on Inga vera, Inga ruiziana and Andira inermis.
Subspecies
[edit]- Prepona laertes laertes (Paraguay)
- Prepona laertes demodice (Godard, [1824]) (French Guiana, Brazil, Surinam, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia)
- Prepona laertes louisa Butler, 1870 (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
- Prepona laertes octavia Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador)
Gallery
[edit]- Male, underside
- Prepona laertes laertes male
- Prepona laertes demodice
- Prepona laertes octavia
References
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- ^ "Prepona Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)