Agrias aedon
Plate accompanying the original description in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Agrias
Species:
A. aedon
Binomial name
Agrias aedon
Hewitson, [1848]
Synonyms
  • Agrias salvini Fruhstorfer, 1895
  • Agrias aedon ab. magdalenae Schultze, 1928
  • Agrias aedon aedon schultzei Rebillard, 1961
  • Agrias aedon f. denhezi Descimon & Mast, 1975

Agrias aedon, the Aedon agrias, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in the Neotropical realm.

Subspecies

  • A. a. aedon (Colombia, Venezuela, possibly Panama)
  • A. a. rodriguezi Schaus, 1918 (Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica)
  • A. a. pepitoensis Michael, 1930 (western Colombia)

References

  • Rebillard, P. (1961), "Révision systématique des Lépidoptères Nymphalides du genre Agrias". Memoires du Museum National d`Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie A, Zoologie, Tome XXII, Fasicule 2.
  1. ↑ "Agrias Doubleday, 1844" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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