| White-spotted Agrias | |
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| Scientific Name | Agrias amydon |
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| Describer | Hewitson, 1854 |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Class | Unknown |
| Order | Lepidoptera |
| Family | Nymphalidae |
| Distribution | South America |
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| Size | 8-9.0 cm |
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Agrias amydon is a species of Charaxine Nymphalid. It holds a diverse variety of subspecies.
Distribution[]
It is found from Mexico down to South America.
Habitat[]
The species lives in the canopy of tropical wet rainforests, often near water sources.
Habits and Behaviour[]
The species usually stays high in the forest but occasionally flies down for feeding or puddling.
Subspecies[]
This butterfly has multiple subspecies.
- Agrias amydon amydon (Colombia)
- Agrias amydon phalcidon (Brazil)
- Agrias amydon zenodorus (Ecuador, northern Peru)
- Agrias amydon amydonius (Peru (Loreto, Iquitos), Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia)
- Agrias amydon boliviensis (Bolivia (Yungas), Peru)
- Agrias amydon bogotana (western Venezuela to north-eastern Colombia)
- Agrias amydon frontina (north-western Ecuador (Rio Mira), western Colombia)
- Agrias amydon ferdinandi (Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Bahia, Pernambuco), Bolivia)
- Agrias amydon aurantiaca (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Surinam, south-western Venezuela)
- Agrias amydon aristoxenus (Peru, Bolivia)
- Agrias amydon excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Agrias amydon uniformis (Brazil (Roraima), southern Venezuela)
- Agrias amydon rubella (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Agrias amydon oaxacata (Mexico (Oaxaca))
- Agrias amydon smalli (Panama)
- Agrias amydon philatelica (Mexico (Chiapas), Costa Rica)
- Agrias amydon lacandona (Mexico)
Similar Species[]
This butterfly has many variable subspecies which can resemble all Agrias species.
Subspecies athenais
Subspecies phalcidon.