Agrias aedon

Agrias aedon
Agrias aedon plate accompanying the original description in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1848.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Preponini
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

The Aedon Agrias (Agrias aedon) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Neotropical ecozone

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.