Antirrhea philoctetes

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Antirrhea

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)

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