Agrias

For the fictional character Agrias Oaks, see Characters of Final Fantasy Tactics.

Agrias
Agrias sp. male.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Preponini
Genus:	Agrias Doubleday, 1845
Species
5 or more, see text
Diversity
5 species

Agrias is a genus of charaxine nymphalid butterflies found in South and Central America.

Prized by collectors, these large, showy butterflies have had hundreds of names applied to polymorphic variants.

Species

The following species are accepted by the Atlas of Neotropical LepidopteraLamas

• Agrias aedon
• Agrias amydon
• Agrias claudina (including A. sardanapalus)
• Agrias hewitsonius
• Agrias narcissus

Other authors differ, for instance in regarding A. narcissus as a subspecies of A. aedon. Older literature, particularly that in French, is often confusing.

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  Agrias amydon phalcidon upperside

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  Agrias narcissus f. gilliani upperside

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  Agrias claudina wachenheimi upperside

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  Agrias claudina satanas underside

References

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• Barselou, P. (1983), The genus Agrias (Nymphalidae) , Sciences Nat, Venette. [2]
• Le Moult, 1931-1933, Formes nouvelles ou peu connues d'Agrias. Novitates entomologicae
• 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.
• Späth, M. (1992), Sous-espèces et formes nouvelles d'Agrias. Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 75-76. [3]
• Späth, M. (1999), Pt. 2. Agrias. In: E. Bauer (Ed.), Butterflies of the World. (Vol. Nymphalidae I, pp. 12 p., 20 col. plates). Keltern: Goecke & Evers. [4]

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Agrias

• BOA Photographs of type specimens including subspecies and forma
• Agrias photographs Robert Aronheim collection
• Nymphalidae Study Group
• The Agrias Page
• Pteron (Japanese site with binomial names)