- Agrias claudina
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Agrias claudina 
Dorsal view 
Ventral view Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Tribe: Preponini Genus: Agrias Species: A. claudina Binomial name Agrias claudina
(Godart, [1824])Synonyms - Nymphalis claudina Godart, [1824]
- Papilio claudia Schulze, 1776
- Agrias sahlkei Honrath, [1885]
- Agrias claudianus Staudinger, [1885]
The Claudina Agrias (Agrias claudina) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Venezuela and Guyana to Bolivia. The subspecies sardanapalus is found in Ecuador, Brazil and Peru. It is found in primary and secondary rainforest at altitudes between 200 and 600 meters.
The larvae feed on Erythroxylum species. Adults feed on decomposing fruit and rotting fish.
Subspecies
Agrias claudina claudina
- Agrias claudina claudina (Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil(Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Amazonas, Pará))
- Agrias claudina annetta (Brazil (Santa Catarina, São Paulo))
- Agrias claudina sardanapalus (southern Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Brazil (Rondônia, Amazonas))
- Agrias claudina lugens (Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela)
- Agrias claudina godmani (Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais), Bolivia)
- Agrias claudina croesus (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas))
- Agrias claudina delavillae (Venezuela (Sierra de Lema))
- Agrias claudina patriciae (Venezuela)
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