Bia actorion

Bia actorion, the uncertain owlet, bia owl or Actorion owlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.[2]

Bia actorion
Bia actorion actorion - Muséum de Toulouse
Bia actorion actorion, underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bia
Species:
B. actorion
Binomial name
Bia actorion
(Stoll, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio actorion Linnaeus, 1763
  • Bia actoriaena Hübner, [1819]
  • Napho actoriaena
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

The larvae feed on Astrocaryum murumuru and Geonoma species.

Taxonomy

Bia actorion has long been placed in the subfamily Satyrinae, but studies determined that it belonged to the Brassolinae. Currently, the genus Bia are classified as members of the subtribe Biina in the tribe Brassolini.

Subspecies
  • Bia actorion actorion
  • Bia actorion decaerulea Weymer, 1911 (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Bia actorion rebeli Bryk, 1953 (Peru, Ecuador)

References
  1. "Bia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of Amazonia


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