Nymphalidae
77a0906 –
4551.6 Prepona laertes
(Hübner, [1811])
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| Distribution: |
USA: FL. |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
laertes (Hübner, [1811]) (Potamis) extralim.ssp. a. octavia Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Prepona) amesia Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) apollinari Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) aquacensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) caucensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) draudti Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) fonquerniei Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) guatemalensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) hondurensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) lichyi Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) naranjensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) panamensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) reducta Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) schausi Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) subamesia Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) subdives Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) subomphale Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Prepona laertes (Hübner, [1811]), subspecies octavia Fruhstorfer, 1905, is now recognized within the North American fauna by Pelham (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), first discovered in 2013, Broward Co., FL, Hayden (2017), FDACS-DPI Entomology Circular 434. |
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| References |
- Hayden, J.E., 2017. Prepona laertes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), an exotic butterfly. FDACS-DPI Entomology Circular, 434.
- Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
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