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Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915
Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915; Ent. Rundschau 32 (8): 45, TS: Papilio demophon Linnaeus
Pseudoprepona Le Moult, 1932-33; Nov. Entomol. II, 1 (suppl. 1): (1-16), TS: Papilio demophon Linnaeus
Archaeoprepona, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Archaeoprepona (Preponini) ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A, 228]

Archaeoprepona amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775)
Mexico - Colombia. See [About maps] Papilio amphimachus Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 457, TL: "Indiis"
Prepona amphimachus ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 322
Archaeoprepona meander amphimachus ; [BCR: 115, pl. 14]
Archaeoprepona amphimachus ; [NL4A, #1698]
[amphimachus-1m.jpg] 743x660 (~75Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey [amphimachus-2.jpg] 504x301 (~49Kb) Peru: Tingo Maria, Photo © William Garthe

Morpho amphimache Hübner, [1819]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. 59 (1823), TL: "Indiis"
= ; [NL4A, #1698a ((emend.))]
Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphimachus ; [NL4A, #1698a]
A. a. pseudmeander (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina) amphimachus pseudmeander (Fruhstorfer, 1906) (Prepona); , TL: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Prepona fruhstorferi Röber, 1914; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #1698d]
Prepona falcata Röber, 1914; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
= ; [NL4A, #1698d]
Prepona soron Fruhstorfer, 1914; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
= ; [NL4A, #1698d]
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) meander fruhstorferi f. melas Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
= ; [NL4A, #1698d]
Prepona pseudpriene ; Fruhstorfer, 1906, (missp.)
Archaeoprepona amphimachus pseudmeander ; [NL4A, #1698d]
A. a. amphiktion Fruhstorfer, 1924
Honduras, Mexico Prepona (Archaeoprepona) amphimachus amphiktion Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Honduras
Prepona meander phoebus f. cincta Fruhstorfer, 1905; , TL: Mexico
= ; [NL4A, #1698b]
Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphiktion, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphiktion, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Archaeoprepona amphimachus amphiktion ; [NL4A, #1698b]
A. a. symaithus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil(Mato Grosso) Prepona (Archaeoprepona) amphimachus symaithus Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Ecuador
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) meander magos Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Bolivia; Brazil, Mato Grosso
= ; [NL4A, #1698e]
Archaeoprepona amphimachus symaithus ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1698e]
A. a. baroni Maza, 1982
Mexico Archaeoprepona amphimachus baroni Maza, 1982; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Archaeoprepona amphimachus baroni ; [NL4A, #1698c]

Archaeoprepona camilla (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
-. See [About maps] Prepona camilla Godman & Salvin, [1884]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 321, TL: Nicaragua,Panama
Prepona demophon ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 694
Archaeoprepona camilla ; [BCR: 115, pl. 14]; [NL4A, #1699]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Prepona demophon; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 3: pl. 31, f. 9-10
Nicaragua, Panama Archaeoprepona camilla camilla ; [NL4A, #1699a]
A. c. metabus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
Colombia Prepona (Archaeoprepona) camilla metabus Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Colombia
Archaeoprepona camilla metabus ; [NL4A, #1699b]

Archaeoprepona chalciope (Hübner, [1823])
Brazil(São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay. See [About maps] Morpho chalciope Hübner, [1823]
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) chalciope domna Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Brazil, São Paulo; Rio Grande do Sul; Santa Catarina
= ; [NL4A, #1700]
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) chalciope chalcis Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Paraguay
= ; [NL4A, #1700]
Archaeoprepona chalciope chalcis ;
Archaeoprepona chalciope domna ;
Prepona chalciope ; [EBW]
Archaeoprepona chalciope ; [NL4A, #1700]

Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mexico - Amazon Basin. See [About maps] Papilio demophon Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 464, TL: "Indiis"
Archaeoprepona demophon, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Archaeoprepona demophon, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Prepona demophon ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 320; [BOW: pl. 41, f. 4]; [EBW]
Archaeoprepona demophon ; [NL4A, #1701]

Larva on Annona, Malpigia glabra [BCR]

Surinam, ...? Papilio luctuosus Walch, 1775; , TL: "East Indies"
= ; [NL4A, #1701a]
Papilio sysiphus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): pl. 158, f. C, TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #1701a]
Morpho sysiphe Hübner, [1819]; (emend.)
= ; [NL4A, #1701a]
Papilio sisyphus ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 320 (missp.?)
Prepona luctuosus ; [EBW, (name only)]
Archaeoprepona demophon demophon ; [NL4A, #1701a]
[demophon_demophon-1.jpg] 504x328 (~51Kb) Peru: Huanuco, Photo © William Garthe

A. d. thalpius (Hübner, [1814])
Brazil(Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul) Potamis superba thalpius Hübner, [1814]; : pl. 71
Prepona demophon var. extincta Staudinger, 1886; , TL: Brazil(Santa Catarina)
= ; [NL4A, #1701e]
Prepona catachlora Staudinger, 1886; , TL: Brazil(Santa Catarina)
= ; [NL4A, #1701e]
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) demophon pamenes Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Brazil(Minas Gerais/Espírito Santo)
= ; [NL4A, #1701e]
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) demophon xyniatus Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Brazil(Bahia/Minas Gerais)
= ; [NL4A, #1701e]
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) demophon zoranthes Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul)
= ; [NL4A, #1701e]
Archaeoprepona demophon thalpius ; [NL4A, #1701e]
A. d. extincta (Staudinger, 1886)
Prepona demophon extincta ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 104
A. d. centralis (Fruhstorfer, [1905])
Mexico - Panama, Honduras Prepona demophon centralis Fruhstorfer, [1905]; , TL: Honduras
Archaeoprepona demophon centralis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Archaeoprepona demophon centralis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Archaeoprepona demophon centralis ; [BCR: 114, pl. 14]; [EcuL, (?)]; [NL4A, #1701b]
[centralis-1m.jpg] 644x617 (~58Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey [centralis-2.jpg] 504x284 (~46Kb) El Salvador: Achuachapan, El Refugio, Photo © William Garthe

A. d. muson (Fruhstorfer, 1905)
Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia Prepona demophon muson Fruhstorfer, 1905; , TL: Colombia; Ecuador; Bolivia
Archaeoprepona demophon muson ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1701c]
[muson-1.jpg] 504x293 (~48Kb) Peru: Tingo Maria, Photo © William Garthe

A. d. occidentalis (Stoffel & Descimon, 1974)
Mexico Prepona (Arhaeoprepona) demophon occidentalis Stoffel & Descimon, 1974; , TL: Mexico, Morelos
Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis ; [NL4A, #1701d]

Archaeoprepona demophoon (Hübner, [1814])
Mexico - Amazon Basin. See [About maps] Potamis demophoon Hübner, [1814]
antimache (Staudinger, 1886); (preocc. Hübner)
Archaeoprepona demophoon, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Prepona demophoon ; [EBW]
Archaeoprepona demophoon ; [NL4A, #1702]

Larva on Persea americana, Nectandra, Ocotea [BCR]

Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay Prepona antimache var. amazonica Staudinger, 1886; (repl. name)
= ; [NL4A, #1702a]
Prepona tyrias Fruhstorfer, 1914; , TL: Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul; Santa Catarina, Paraguay
= ; [NL4A, #1702a]
Archaeoprepona demophoon tyrias ;
Archaeoprepona demophoon demophoon ; [NL4A, #1702a]
A. d. antimache (Hübner, [1819])
C.America - Paraguay, Brazil demophoon antimache (Hübner, [1819]) (Morpho); , TL: "Indien"
Nymphalis amphitoe Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 407, TL: "Indien"
= ; [NL4A, #1702c]
Prepona amphitoe ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 322; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 695
Prepona demophoon antimache ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 104
Prepona antimache ; [BOW: pl. 41, f. 19]
Archaeoprepona demophoon antimache ; [NL4A, #1702c]
A. d. insulicola (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico Prepona demophoon insulicola Fruhstorfer, 1897; , TL: Dominican Republic
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) antimache ilmatar Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: "Trinidad"
= ; [NL4A, #1702f]
Archaeoprepona demophoon ramosorum Johnson & Descimon, 1989; , TL: Puerto Rico
= ; [NL4A, #1702f]
Archaeoprepona demophoon insulicola ; [NL4A, #1702f]
A. d. andicola (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
Ecuador, Brazil(Mato Grosso), Bolivia, Colombia Prepona demophoon andicola Fruhstorfer, 1904; , TL: Ecuador
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) antimache thebais Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
= ; [NL4A, #1702b]
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) antimache lyde Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #1702b]
Prepona antimache oligotaenia Röber, 1928; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #1702b]
Archaeoprepona demophoon lyde ;
Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1702b]
A. d. gulina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
Honduras, ...? Prepona demophoon gulina Fruhstorfer, 1904; , TL: Honduras
Archaeoprepona demophoon gulina, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Archaeoprepona demophoon gulina, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Archaeoprepona demophoon gulina ; [BCR: 115, pl. 14]; [NL4A, #1702e]
[gulina-1m.jpg] 688x615 (~73Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

A. d. crassina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
Cuba Prepona demophoon crassina Fruhstorfer, 1904; , TL: Cuba
Archaeoprepona demophoon crassina ; [NL4A, #1702d]
A. d. mexicana Llorente, Descimon & Johnson, 1993
Mexico Archaeoprepona demophoon mexicana Llorente, Descimon & Johnson, 1993; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Archaeoprepona demophoon mexicana, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Archaeoprepona demophoon mexicana, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Archaeoprepona demophoon mexicana ; [NL4A, #1702g]

Archaeoprepona licomedes (Cramer, [1777])
Ecuador, ...?. See [About maps] Papilio licomedes Cramer, [1777]; , TL: Surinam
Archaeoprepona licomedes ; [NL4A, #1703]
Prepona licomedes ; [EBW]
Archaeoprepona licomedes ssp. ; [EcuL]
[licomedes-1.jpg] 504x302 (~49Kb) Peru: Tingo Maria, Photo © William Garthe

Surinam, ..., Peru Prepona (Archaeoprepona) licomedes scyrus Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #1703a]
Archaeoprepona licomedes licomedes ; [NL4A, #1703a]
A. l. pacifica Constantino & Salazar, 1998
Colombia Archaeoprepona licomedes pacifica Constantino & Salazar, 1998; , TL: Colombia
Archaeoprepona licomedes pacifica ; [NL4A, #1703b]

Archaeoprepona meander (Cramer, [1775])
Mexico - Amazon Basin. See [About maps] Papilio meander Cramer, [1775]; , TL: Surinam
f. fruhstorferi Röber, 1914
Prepona meander ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 104; [BOW: pl. 42, f. 4]; [EBW]
Archaeoprepona meander ; [NL4A, #1704]
Surinam, ...? Archaeoprepona meander meander ; [NL4A, #1704a]
A. m. megabates (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
Peru, Bolivia, Panama, Colombia Prepona (Archaeoprepona) meander megabates Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Peru; Bolivia
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) meander mendax Bryk, 1938; , TL: Panama; Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #1704c]
Archaeoprepona meander megabates ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1704c]
[megabates-1.jpg] 504x309 (~49Kb) Peru: Tingo Maria, Photo © William Garthe

A. m. phoebus (Boisduval, 1870)
Honduras, Mexico meander phoebus (Boisduval, 1870) (Prepona); , TL: Honduras,Mexico
Archaeoprepona meander phoebus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Archaeoprepona meander phoebus ; [NL4A, #1704d]
A. m. castorina (May, 1932)
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo) Prepona meander castorina May, 1932; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Prepona (Archaeoprepona) meander megabates f. megacles Fruhstorfer, 1916; , TL: Brazil, Espírito Santo
= ; [NL4A, #1704b]
?Archaeoprepona amphimachus megacles ;
Archaeoprepona meander castorina ; [NL4A, #1704b]

Archaeoprepona phaedra (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
-. See [About maps] Prepona phaedra Godman & Salvin, [1884]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 322, TL: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui
Archaeoprepona phaedra ; [BCR: 115, pl. 13]; [NL4A, #1705]
Panama, ... Archaeoprepona phaedra phaedra ; [NL4A, #1705a]
A. p. aelia Godman & Salvin, 1889
Mexico, ... Prepona aelia Godman & Salvin, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3: 355, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Archaeoprepona phaedra aelia, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Archaeoprepona phaedra aelia, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Prepona aelia ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 694, 3: pl. 109, f. 3
Archaeoprepona phaedra aelia ; [NL4A, #1705b]


Unknown taxa

Prepona meander magina Martin, [1923]; , TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
meander magina ; [NL4A, 228]


19.7.2008 (8)

References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BCR]
DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
[BOA]
Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[EcuL]
Tommaso & Luigi Racheli, 2001; An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae); Fragmenta entomologica 33 (2): 213-380
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[ILMB]
Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[LAMAS-2005]
Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[William Garthe]
Peru, Illinois, USA


Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 77-106
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
Fruhstorfer, 1915
Beitrag zur Morphologie der Prepona- und Agrias-Arten Ent. Rundschau 32 (8): 45-47, f. 1-7 (7 August)
Godart, [1824]
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 (2): 329-828 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 329-828
Godman & Salvin, [1884]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-112
Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Godman & Salvin, 1889
Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from Mexico and Central America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3: 351-358
Hübner, [1819]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -
Le Moult, 1932-33
Etudes sur les Prepona Nov. Entomol. II, 1 (suppl. 1): 16pp; III


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