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Revision as of 08:57, 10 January 2012
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| Genus: | Prepona Boisduval, 1836
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Prepona is a genus of Neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are strong fliers in tropical forests where they feed on fermenting fruits and animal dung. The underside of the wings is pale greyish or brownish, while the upperside is dark with distinct iridescent blue markings. A few species also have orange markings on the upperside of the wings. They are popular among butterfly collectors.
Prepona deiphile is considered a threatened species in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.[1]
Common names
Some species in the genus also have common names:[2]
- Prepona dexamenus - Dexamenus Prepona
- Prepona laertes - Laertes Prepona
- Prepona pheridamas - Pheridamas Prepona
- Prepona pylene - Pylene Prepona
Taxonomy
The members of the genus Archaeoprepona were formerly also included in Prepona. Names preceded by an equal sign ( = ) are synonyms. Species and subspecies included in Prepona:[3]
- Prepona Boisduval, 1836
- Prepona deiphile (Godart, [1824])
- Prepona dexamenus Hopffer, 1874
- Prepona laertes (Hübner, 1811) original name Potamis laertes Hübner, 1811 ( = Nymphalis demodice Godart, 1824)
- Prepona pheridamas (Cramer, 1777)
- Prepona praeneste Hewitson, 1859
Prepona praeneste - Prepona pylene Hewitson, 1853
- Prepona werneri Hering & Hopp, 1925
References
- ^ Casagrande, M. M., Mielke, O. H. H., & Brown, K. S., Jr. (1998). [Butterflies (Lepidoptera) considered as threatened in Minas Gerais, Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 15(1), 241-259. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Garwood, K., Lehman, Carter, W., & Carter, G. (2007). Butterflies of Southern Amazonia. McAllen, Texas: Kim Garwood publisher.
- ^ Nymphalidae Study Group website (which was based on an old version of Markku Savela's pages)
- Eugène Le Moult, 1932. Etudes sur les Prepona: lépidoptères rhopalocères américains E. Le Moult, Novitates entomologicae, 1932-1933.
- John Feltwell, 1993. The Encyclopedia of Butterflies Great Britan: Prentice Hall General Reference
External links
Media related to Prepona at Wikimedia Commons
- BOA Photographs of type specimens.
- FunetFi
- Nymphalidae Systematics Group
- Tree of Life web project: Prepona
- Barcode of Life Includes images
- Pteron Images. In Japanese but with Binomial names (Latin)
- Prepona Info Photographs
- Eugene Le Moult's Prepona types]
See also
- Archaeoprepona (sister genus). Many Archaeoprepona species were formerly placed in Prepona.
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