Antirrhea philoctetes

Antirrhea philoctetes, the common brown morpho or northern antirrhea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.

Antirrhea philoctetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Antirrhea
Species:
A. philoctetes
Binomial name
Antirrhea philoctetes
Synonyms
  • Papilio philoctetes Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio morna Fabricius, 1775
  • Antirrhaea scoparia Butler, 1870
  • Antirrhaea lindigii C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Papilio miltiades Fabricius, 1793
  • Antirrhaea philaretes C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Antirrhaea philopoemen C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Antirrhaea casta Bates, 1865
  • Antirrhaea avernus Hopffer, 1874
  • Antirrhaea philaretes apoxyomenes Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Antirrhaea tomasia Butler, 1875
  • Antirrhaea philoctetes murena Staudinger, [1886]
  • Antirrhaea militiades f. intermedia Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948
  • Antirrhaea philoctetes theodori Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Triteleuta philoctetes ulei Strand, 1912
  • Antirrhea philaretes avernus f. interruptus Bryk, 1953

The larvae feed on Geonoma longivaginata.

In Adalbert Seitz

Subspecies
  • Antirrhea philoctetes philoctetes
  • Antirrhea philoctetes avernus Hopffer, 1874 (Amazon, Guianas, Peru, Bolivia)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes casta Bates, 1865 (Guatemala)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes intermedia Salazar, Constantino & López, 1998 (Colombia, Peru)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes lindigii C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes murena Staudinger, [1886] (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes philaretes C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes theodori Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes tomasia Butler, 1875 (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • Antirrhea philoctetes ulei Strand, 1912 (Venezuela)

References
  1. "Antirrhea Hübner, [1822]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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