Biology:Noreppa

Short description: Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus

Noreppa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
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, containing the single species Noreppa chromus.

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

Subspecies

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

Habitat

Montane forest at 1500 to 2000 metres.

Sangay National Park, Ecuador

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q595138 entry