Agrias amydon

Agrias amydon
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Agrias amydon frontina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Preponini
Genus:	Agrias
Species:	A. amydon
Binomial name
Agrias amydon Hewitson, [1854]
Synonyms
Agrias phalcidon Hewitson, 1855 Agrias pericles Bates, 1860 Agrias anaxagoras Staudinger, 1886 Agrias eleonora Fruhstorfer, 1895 Agrias mapiri Fassl, 1913

The Amydon Agrias or White-spotted Agrias (Agrias amydon) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico, south through Central America to South America.

The larvae feed on Erythroxylum species, including Erythroxylum havanense.

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)

There is also an undescribed subspecies from Venezuela.

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  Agrias amydon amydonius

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  Agrias amydon phalcidon