Prepona pylene

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: Charaxinae
Tribus: Preponini
Genus: Prepona
Species: Prepona pylene
Name

Prepona pylene

References

Murillo-Hiller, L.R.; Montero-Ramirez, J.J. 2010: The first records of P. d. dexamenus from Costa Rica and new records of Prepona pylene gnorima (Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Zootaxa, 2668: 66-68. Preview

Prepona pylene, the narrow-banded shoemaker, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.[2]

Subspecies

Prepona pylene gnorima

Prepona pylene eugenes

Prepona pylene bahiana

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 Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Prepona pylene in learnaboutbutterflies