Archaeoprepona

Archaeoprepona
One-spotted prepona (A. demophon) dorsal
A. demophon ventral, Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Preponini
Genus: Archaeoprepona
(Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Type species
Papilio demophon
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Synonyms

Pseudoprepona Le Moult, 1932

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 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 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]

Ecozone

Neotropic ecozone

Systematics

  ▼ Preponini

Palla, Noreppa, Anaeomorpha (sometimes in Anaeini)




Archaeoprepona



Prepona


Agrias





Clade showing phylogenetics of Archaeoprepona

Eytmology

Amphimachus is a figure in Greek mythology.

References

External links

Media related to Archaeoprepona at Wikimedia Commons

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