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Antirrhea philoctetes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Antirrhea

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Similar
  
Antirrhea, Caerois, Anartia fatima, Adelpha cytherea, Archaeoprepona demophon

Antirrhea philoctetes, the Common Brown Morpho or Northern Antirrhea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.

The larvae feed on Geonoma longivaginata.

Subspecies

  • Antirrhea philoctetes philoctetes
  • Antirrhea philoctetes avernus Hopffer, 1874 (Amazon, Guianas, Peru, Bolivia)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes casta Bates, 1865 (Guatemala)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes intermedia Salazar, Constantino & López, 1998 (Colombia, Peru)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes lindigii C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes murena Staudinger, [1886] (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes philaretes C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes theodori Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes tomasia Butler, 1875 (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes ulei Strand, 1912 (Venezuela)

    • References

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