Archaeoprepona chromus

Noreppa
	Noreppa chromus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Preponini
Genus:	Noreppa; (Rydon, 1971)
Species:	N. chromus
Binomial name
	Noreppa chromus; (Guérin-Ménéville, 1844)
Synonyms
	Genus:; Prepona subgenus Noreppa; Species:; Nymphalis (Prepona) chromus Guérin-Méneville, [1844]; Prepona hercules Doubleday, 1848 (nom. nud.); Prepona hercules Doubleday, [1849]; Prepona hercules ab. ochracea (Fassl, 1912); Prepona chromus fassli Röber, 1914; Prepona chromus chiliarches Fruhstorfer, 1916; Prepona chromus xenarchus Fruhstorfer, 1916; Prepona chromus obsoleta Orfila, 1950; Prepona chromus f. synchroma Staudinger, 1886;

Noreppa is a genus of neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru and Argentina. It is a monotypic genus. The single species is Noreppa chromus .

The wingspan is about 85 mm.^[2] Adults have an iridescent blue patch, which is confined to the discal area of the hindwing. There is also a series of submarginal eyespots.^[3]

Subspecies

Noreppa chromus chromus (Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina)
Noreppa chromus priene (Hewitson, 1869) (Colombia)

Habitat

Montane forest at 1500 to 2000 metres.

Ecozone

Neotropic ecozone

Systematics

▼ Preponini

Palla, Noreppa, Anaeomorpha (sometimes in Anaeini)

Archaeoprepona

	Agrias

Clade showing phylogenetics of Noreppa

References

Rydon, AHB. 1971. The systematics of the Charaxidae (Lepidoptera: Nymphaloidea). Entomologist's Record 83: 219-233, 283-287, 310-316, 336-341, 384-388, 6 figs., 4 plates.

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[1] Noreppa at funet.fi

[2] Parque Nacional Sangay

[3] Tolweb

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