Species Archaeoprepona demophon - One-spotted Prepona - Hodges#4551.5

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

One-spotted Prepona - Archaeoprepona demophon

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Subfamily Charaxinae (Leafwings and relatives)

Tribe Preponini (King Shoemakers and Agrias Butterflies)

Genus Archaeoprepona

Species demophon (One-spotted Prepona - Hodges#4551.5)

Hodges Number

4551.5

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Numbers

1 sp. has strayed n. of Mex., there are 5 spp. of Archaeoprepona in Mexico, A. demophon is the most common.

Identification

note rounded postmedian line (1)

Range

southmost TX (as a stray) to Amazon Basin - Map (2)(MPG)

Habitat

In Costa Rica: "Widespread and common from sea level to 1,600 m on both slopes, in association with all forest and old second-growth habitats. (2)

Season

Oct-Dec in s. TX (MPG)

Food

Larvae host on Barbados Cherry - Malpighia glabra (Malpighiaceae) (2)

Remarks

First U.S. Record: National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas - 2007 (Bordelon 2008)

Print References

Bordelon, C. 2008. 2007 Season Summary: Zone 6 Texas. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(supplement S1): 91.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

NABA-South Texas - NABA

Works Cited

1.	A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America Glassberg, J. 2007. Sunstreak Books, Morristown, NJ. 266 pp.

2.	The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Vol. I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae Philip J. Devries. 1987. Princeton Univ Press.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 December, 2007 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 23 January, 2024 - 9:42am

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