Prepona pylene

Prepona pylene, the narrow-banded shoemaker, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1853. It is found throughout the Amazonian region from Honduras to Paraguay. The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes between 400 and 1,000 meters.[2]

Prepona pylene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Prepona
Species:
P. pylene
Binomial name
Prepona pylene
Synonyms
  • Prepona miranda Staudinger, [1885]
  • Prepona pylene santina Fruhstorfer, 1897
  • Prepona pylene proschion Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona transiens Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Prepona eugenes Bates, 1865
  • Prepona simois C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Prepona eugenes var. ecuadorica Strand, 1921
  • Prepona eugenes ameinogenes Röber, 1928
  • Prepona gnorima Bates, 1865
  • Prepona demophile Westwood, 1850
  • Prepona demophile C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Prepona eugenes argyria Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona laertides Staudinger, 1898
  • Prepona eugenes diluta Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona eugenes decorata Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Prepona pylene philetas Fruhstorfer, 1904

Subspecies
  • Prepona pylene pylene (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Prepona pylene bahiana Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Brazil: Bahia)
  • Prepona pylene eugenes Bates, 1865 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil: Pará)
  • Prepona pylene gnorima Bates, 1865 (Honduras to Colombia)
  • Prepona pylene jordani Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Ecuador)
  • Prepona pylene laertides Staudinger, 1898 (Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil: Minas Gerais)
  • Prepona pylene philetas Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Honduras)

References
  1. "Prepona Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Prepona pylene in learnaboutbutterflies
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