Biology:Agrias amydon
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Agrias amydon | |
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| A. a. frontina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Agrias |
| Species: | A. amydon
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| Binomial name | |
| Agrias amydon Hewitson, [1854]
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Agrias amydon, the Amydon agrias or white-spotted agrias, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
The larvae feed on Erythroxylum species including E. havanense.
Subspecies
- A. a. amydon (Colombia)
- A. a. phalcidon (Brazil)
- A. a. zenodorus (Ecuador, northern Peru)
- A. a. amydonius (Peru (Loreto, Iquitos), Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia)
- A. a. boliviensis (Bolivia (Yungas), Peru)
- A. a. bogotana (western Venezuela to north-eastern Colombia)
- A. a. frontina (north-western Ecuador (Rio Mira), western Colombia)
- A. a. ferdinandi (Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Bahia, Pernambuco), Bolivia)
- A. a. aurantiaca (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Surinam, south-western Venezuela)
- A. a. aristoxenus (Peru, Bolivia)
- A. a. excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))
- A. a. uniformis (Brazil (Roraima), southern Venezuela)
- A. a. rubella (Brazil (Amazonas))
- A. a. oaxacata (Mexico (Oaxaca))
- A. a. smalli (Panama)
- A. a. philatelica (Mexico (Chiapas), Costa Rica)
- A. a. lacandona (Mexico)
There is also an undescribed subspecies from Venezuela.
A. a. amydonius
A. a. phalcidon
Wikidata ☰ Q1380867 entry
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