Hamadryas amphinome
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| Species: | H. amphinome
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| Hamadryas amphinome (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Hamadryas amphinome, the red cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to regions of North and South America.
Distribution
It is found from Mexico, through the Caribbean and Central America, to the Amazon basin including in Brazil, Guianas, Peru, and Bolivia, and south into Argentina.
Subspecies
Subspecies of Hamadryas amphinome, listed alphabetically, include:[1]
- Hamadryas amphinome amphinome (Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil)
- Hamadryas amphinome fumosa (Colombia)
- Hamadryas amphinome mazai (Mexico)
- Hamadryas amphinome mexicana (Mexico to Colombia)
Food source
The larvae feed on Dalechampia scandens.
References
- ^ Hamadryas amphinome at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Categories:
- Hamadryas (butterfly)
- Butterflies of North America
- Butterflies of Central America
- Butterflies of the Caribbean
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterflies of Cuba
- Butterflies of Mexico
- Lepidoptera of Brazil
- Lepidoptera of Costa Rica
- Lepidoptera of Panama
- Lepidoptera of Venezuela
- Arthropods of Argentina
- Invertebrates of Bolivia
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Fauna of the Amazon
- Butterflies described in 1767
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Biblidinae stubs