Bia actorion

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Morphinae
Tribus: Brassolini
Subtribus: Biina
Genus: Bia
Species: Bia actorion
Subspecies: B. a. actorion – B. a. ecuatoria – B. a. occulta
Name

Bia actorion Linnaeus, 1763

Type locality:
Synonymy

Papilio actorion Linnaeus, 1763 (original combination)
Bia actoriaena Hübner, 1819

References
Additional references

Penz, C.M., Casagrande, M.M., DeVries, P. & Simonsen, T.J. 2017. Documenting diversity in the Amazonian butterfly genus Bia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 4258(3): 201–237. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.1. Reference page.

Bia actorion, the uncertain owlet, bia owl or Actorion owlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.[2]

The larvae feed on Astrocaryum murumuru and Geonoma species.
Taxonomy

Bia actorion has long been placed in the subfamily Satyrinae, but studies determined that it belonged to the Brassolinae. Currently, the genus Bia are classified as members of the subtribe Biina in the tribe Brassolini.
Subspecies

Bia actorion actorion
Bia actorion decaerulea Weymer, 1911 (Brazil (Amazonas))
Bia actorion rebeli Bryk, 1953 (Peru, Ecuador)

References

"Bia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Butterflies of Amazonia