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Prepona pylene

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Prepona

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Similar
  
Prepona pheridamas, Prepona laertes, Prepona deiphile, Archaeoprepona amphimachus, Prepona eugenes

Prepona pylene, the narrow-banded shoemaker, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1853. It is found throughout the Amazonian region from Honduras to Paraguay. The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes between 400 and 1,000 meters.

Subspecies

  • Prepona pylene pylene (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Prepona pylene bahiana Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Brazil: Bahia)
  • Prepona pylene eugenes Bates, 1865 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil: Pará)
  • Prepona pylene gnorima Bates, 1865 (Honduras to Colombia)
  • Prepona pylene jordani Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Ecuador)
  • Prepona pylene laertides Staudinger, 1898 (Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil: Minas Gerais)
  • Prepona pylene philetas Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Honduras)

    • References

    Prepona pylene Wikipedia
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