Archaeoprepona chromus

Archaeoprepona chromus is a species of neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to South America.

Archaeoprepona chromus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Preponini
Genus: Archaeoprepona
Species:
A. chromus
Binomial name
Archaeoprepona chromus
Synonyms
List
  • Noreppa chromus (Guérin-Ménéville, 1844)
  • Nymphalis (Prepona) chromus Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
  • Prepona hercules Doubleday, 1848 (nom. nud.)
  • Prepona hercules Doubleday, [1849]
  • Prepona hercules ab. ochracea (Fassl, 1912)
  • Prepona chromus fassli Röber, 1914
  • Prepona chromus chiliarches Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona chromus xenarchus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Prepona chromus obsoleta Orfila, 1950
  • Prepona chromus f. synchroma Staudinger, 1886

Taxonomy

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • Archaeoprepona chromus chromus (Guérin-Ménéville, 1844) (Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina)
  • Archaeoprepona chromus priene (Hewitson, 1869) (Colombia)

Description

The wingspan is about 85 mm.[1] Adults have an iridescent-blue patch, which is confined to the discal area of the hindwing. There is also a series of submarginal eyespots.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Montane forest at 1500 to 2000 metres in a Neotropic ecozone

Sangay National Park, Ecuador


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References
  1. Parque Nacional Sangay
  2. Tolweb
  • Rydon, AHB. 1971. The systematics of the Charaxidae (Lepidoptera: Nymphaloidea). Entomologist's Record 83: 219-233, 283-287, 310-316, 336-341, 384-388, 6 figs., 4 plates.
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