Preponini

Niklas Wahlberg

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Updated 2023-07-07. Based on

The Butterflies of America

Núñez, R., Genaro, J. A., Miller, J. Y., Barro-Cañamero, A., Álvarez, Y., Fernández, D. M., Minno, M. C., Turner, T., Turlan, V., Wahlberg, N., Pérez-Asso, A. R. & Hausmann, A. 2023: DNA barcodes of the Greater Antillean butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) suggest a richer, more isolated fauna and higher endemism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, in press. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blad015

Ortiz-Acevedo, E. & Willmott, K. R. 2013: Molecular systematics of the butterfly tribe Preponini (Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Systematic Entomology 38: 440-449. doi:10.1111/syen.12008

Ortiz-Acevedo, E., Bonfantti, D., Casagrande, M., Mielke, O. H. H., Espeland, M. & Willmott, K. R. 2017: Using molecules and morphology to unravel the systematics of Neotropical preponine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Charaxinae: Preponini). Insect Systematics and Diversity 1: 48–56. doi:10.1093/isd/ixx002

Turrent Carriles, A. & García Díaz, J. J. 2019: Descripción de una nueva especie de Prepona Boisduval, 1836 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) de la Sierra Madre del Sur. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Lepidopterología VII: 2-14.

TRIB Preponini

GENU Mesoprepona Bonfantti, Casagrande & Mielke 2017

SPEC Mesoprepona pheridamas (Cramer, 1777)

GENU Prepona Boisduval, 1836

GSYN Morpho Hübner, 1819
GSYN Agrias Doubleday, 1844

SPEC Prepona dexamenus Hopffer, 1874

SUBS Prepona dexamenus dexamenus Hopffer, 1874
SUBS Prepona dexamenus leuctra Fruhstorfer, 1904
SUBS Prepona dexamenus medinai Beutelspacher, 1981

SPEC Prepona laertes (Hübner, [1811])

SUBS Prepona laertes laertes (Hübner, [1811])
SUBS Prepona laertes demodice (Godart, [1824])
SUBS Prepona laertes louisa A. Butler, 1870
SUBS Prepona laertes octavia Fruhstorfer, 1905

SPEC Prepona werneri M. Hering & Hopp, 1925
SPEC Prepona pylene Hewitson, [1854]
SPEC Prepona eugenes H. Bates, 1865

SUBS Prepona eugenes eugenes H. Bates, 1865
SUBS Prepona eugenes bahiana Fruhstorfer, 1897
SUBS Prepona eugenes laertides Staudinger, 1898

SPEC Prepona gnorima H. Bates, 1865

SUBS Prepona gnorima gnorima H. Bates, 1865
SUBS Prepona gnorima jordani Fruhstorfer, 1905
SUBS Prepona gnorima philetas Fruhstorfer, 1904

SPEC Prepona deiphile (Godart, [1824])

SUBS Prepona deiphile deiphile (Godart, [1824])
SUBS Prepona deiphile lambertoana Llorente, Luis & F. González, 1992
SUBS Prepona deiphile ibarra Beutelspacher, 1982
SUBS Prepona deiphile brooksiana Godman & Salvin, 1889
SUBS Prepona deiphile escalantiana Stoffel & Mast, 1973
SUBS Prepona deiphile diaziana L. Miller & J. Miller, 1976
SUBS Prepona deiphile salvadora Llorente, Luis & F. González, 1992
SUBS Prepona deiphile lygia Fruhstorfer, 1904
SUBS Prepona deiphile photidia Fruhstorfer, 1912
SUBS Prepona deiphile sphacteria Fruhstorfer, 1916
SUBS Prepona deiphile neoterpe Honrath, 1884
SUBS Prepona deiphile xenagoras Hewitson, 1875

SPEC Prepona silvana Turrent & García, 2019
SPEC Prepona praeneste Hewitson, 1859

SUBS Prepona praeneste praeneste Hewitson, 1859
SUBS Prepona praeneste abrupta Biedermann, 1936
SUBS Prepona praeneste buckleyana Hewitson, 1876
SUBS Prepona praeneste choroniensis Lichy, 1975
SUBS Prepona praeneste confusa Niepelt, 1913
SUBS Prepona praeneste isabelae Orellana, 2000
SUBS Prepona praeneste virago Biedermann, 1938

SPEC Prepona aedon (Hewitson, 1848)

SUBS Prepona aedon aedon (Hewitson, 1848)
SUBS Prepona aedon pepitoensis (Michael, 1930)
SUBS Prepona aedon rodriguezi (Schaus, 1918)

SPEC Prepona amydon (Hewitson, [1854])

SUBS Prepona amydon amydon (Hewitson, [1854])
SUBS Prepona amydon amydonius (Staudinger, [1885])
SUBS Prepona amydon aristoxenus (Niepelt, 1913)
SUBS Prepona amydon aurantiaca (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
SUBS Prepona amydon bogotana (Fruhstorfer, 1895)
SUBS Prepona amydon boliviensis (Fruhstorfer, 1895)
SUBS Prepona amydon excelsior (Lathy, 1924)
SUBS Prepona amydon ferdinandi (Fruhstorfer, 1895)
SUBS Prepona amydon frontina (Fruhstorfer, 1895)
SUBS Prepona amydon lacandona (R. G. Maza & J. Maza, 1999)
SUBS Prepona amydon oaxacata (Kruck, 1931)
SUBS Prepona amydon phalcidon (Hewitson, 1855)
SUBS Prepona amydon philatelica (DeVries, 1980)
SUBS Prepona amydon rubella (Michael, 1930)
SUBS Prepona amydon smalli (L. Miller & Nicolay, 1971)
SUBS Prepona amydon uniformis (Michael, 1929)
SUBS Prepona amydon zenodorus (Hewitson, 1870)

SPEC Prepona hewitsonius (H. Bates, 1860)

SUBS Prepona hewitsonius hewitsonius (H. Bates, 1860)
SUBS Prepona hewitsonius beata (Staudinger, [1885])
SUBS Prepona hewitsonius beatifica (Hewitson, 1869)
SUBS Prepona hewitsonius stuarti (Godman & Salvin, 1882)

SPEC Prepona claudina (Godart, [1824])

SUBS Prepona claudina claudina (Godart, [1824])
SUBS Prepona claudina annetta (G. Gray, 1832)
SUBS Prepona claudina croesus (Staudinger, 1896)
SUBS Prepona claudina delavillae (Neild, 1996)
SUBS Prepona claudina godmani (Fruhstorfer, 1895)
SUBS Prepona claudina lugens (Staudinger, 1886)
SUBS Prepona claudina patriciae (Attal, 2000)
SUBS Prepona claudina sardanapalus (H. Bates, 1860)

SPEC Prepona narcissus (Staudinger, [1885])

SUBS Prepona narcissus narcissus (Staudinger, [1885])
SUBS Prepona narcissus stoffeli (Mast & Descimon, 1972)
SUBS Prepona narcissus tapajonus (Fassl, 1921)

GENU Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1916

GSYN Noreppa Rydon, 1971

SPEC Archaeoprepona chromus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
SPEC Archaeoprepona priene (Hewitson, 1859)
SPEC Archaeoprepona licomedes (Cramer, 1777)

SUBS Archaeoprepona licomedes licomedes (Cramer, 1777)
SUBS Archaeoprepona licomedes pacifica Constantino & Salazar, 1998

SPEC Archaeoprepona chalciope (Hübner, [1823])
SPEC Archaeoprepona amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775)

SUBS Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775)
SUBS Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphiktion (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
SUBS Archaeoprepona amphimachus baroni J. Maza, 1982
SUBS Archaeoprepona amphimachus pseudomeander (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
SUBS Archaeoprepona amphimachus symaithus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

SPEC Archaeoprepona meander (Cramer, 1775)

SUBS Archaeoprepona meander meander (Cramer, 1775)
SUBS Archaeoprepona meander castorina (E. May, 1932)
SUBS Archaeoprepona meander megabates (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
SUBS Archaeoprepona meander phoebus (Boisduval, 1870)

SPEC Archaeoprepona camilla (Godman & Salvin, 1884)

SUBS Archaeoprepona camilla camilla (Godman & Salvin, 1884)
SUBS Archaeoprepona camilla metabus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

SPEC Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)

SUBS Archaeoprepona demophon demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophon centralis (Fruhstorfer, 1905)
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophon muson (Fruhstorfer, 1905)
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis (Stoffel & Descimon, 1974)
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophon thalpius (Hübner, [1814])

SPEC Archaeoprepona demophoon (Hübner, [1814])

SUBS Archaeoprepona demophoon demophoon (Hübner, [1814])
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophoon antimache (Hübner, [1819])
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophoon gulina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
SUBS Archaeoprepona demophoon mexicana Llorente, Descimon & K. Johnson, 1993

SPEC Archaeoprepona crassina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
SPEC Archaeoprepona insulicola (Fruhstorfer, 1897)

SUBS Archaeoprepona insulicola insulicola (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
SUBS Archaeoprepona insulicola ramosorum K. Johnson & Descimon, 1989

SPEC Archaeoprepona phaedra (Godman & Salvin, 1884)

SUBS Archaeoprepona phaedra phaedra (Godman & Salvin, 1884)
SUBS Archaeoprepona phaedra aelia (Godman & Salvin, 1889)

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