Archaeoprepona demophon
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Archaeoprepona demophon, the one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker, or demophon shoemaker[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.
Description
The wingspan reaches about Script error: No such module "convert".. The uppersides of the wings are 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
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Archaeoprepona demophon demophon – dorsal view
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Archaeoprepona demophon demophon - ventral view
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Archaeoprepona demophon muson male - dorsal view
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Archaeoprepona demophon muson male - ventral view
Subspecies
- Archaeoprepona demophon demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:SndSurinam
- Archaeoprepona demophon extincta (Staudinger, 1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:SndBrazil (D.F.)
- Archaeoprepona demophon centralis (Fruhstorfer, [1905])Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:SndMexico, Honduras, to Panama
- Archaeoprepona demophon muson (Fruhstorfer, 1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:SndColombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
- Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis (Stoffel & Descimon, 1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:SndMexico
- Archaeoprepona demophon thalpius (Hübner, [1814])Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:SndBrazil (Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul))
References
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- ↑ Archaeoprepona demophonTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Butterflies of the Amazon and the Andes
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- DeVries, Philip J. (1987). The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Volume I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 327 pp.
- Lewis, H. L. (1974). Butterflies of the World. Template:ISBN
- Especies de Costa Rica
- Llorente-Bousquets, J., Descimon, H., and K. Johnson. (1993). Taxonomy and biogeography of Archaeoprepona demophoon in Mexico, with description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(1): 31-36. pdf
External links
- Archaeoprepona demophon (The Nymphalidae Systematics Group website)
- One-spotted Prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon), Neotropical Butterflies
- Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis (Stoffel & Descimon, 1974) (One-spotted Prepona) Template:Webarchive, Butterflies of America