Archaeoprepona demophon

One-spotted prepona
dorsal
ventral, Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Archaeoprepona
Species: A. demophon
Binomial name
Archaeoprepona demophon
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio demophon Linnaeus, 1758
  • Prepona demophon
  • Papilio luctuosus Walch, 1775
  • Papilio sysiphus Cramer, [1777]
  • Morpho sysiphe Hübner, [1819]
  • Prepona catachlora Staudinger, 1886

Archaeoprepona demophon, the one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker, or demophon shoemaker[1] is a butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family.

Description

The wingspan reaches about 54–58 millimetres (2.1–2.3 in). The uppersides of the wings is black, with bright pale blue transverse bands. The undersides are pale brown with a clearer band in the middle of the hindwings and several dark small dots on the margins.

Foodplants

The butterfly larva generally feed on plants of the genus Annona (Annonaceae) and on Malpighia glabra (Malpighiaceae). Adults visit rotten fruit or dung.

Distribution

This species can be found in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern portions of South America.

Habitat

Archaeoprepona demophon prefers the edges of forest canopy and subcanopy.

Gallery

Subspecies

References

  1. Archaeoprepona demophon, Butterflies of the Amazon and the Andes

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