Prepona

Taxobox
name = "Prepona"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Prepona roginias"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Charaxinae
tribus = Preponini
genus = "Prepona"
genus_authority = Boisduval, 1836
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Prepona deiphile"
* "Prepona dexamenus"
* "Prepona laertes"
* "Prepona pheridamas"
* "Prepona praeneste"
* "Prepona pylene"
* "Prepona werneri"
* and see species list in text.

"Prepona" is a genus of neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are strong fliers in tropical forests where they feed on fermenting fruits and animal dung.

"Prepona deiphile" is considered a threatened species in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. [* Casagrande, M. M., Mielke, O. H. H., & Brown, K. S., Jr. (1998). [Butterflies (Lepidoptera) considered as threatened in Minas Gerais, Brazil] . "Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 15"(1), 241-259. (in Portuguese)]

Common names

* "Prepona dexamenus" - Dexamenus Prepona
* "Prepona laertes" - Laertes Prepona
* "Prepona pheridamas" - Pheridamas Prepona
* "Prepona pylene" - Pylene Prepona

Source: Garwood, K., Lehman, Carter, W., & Carter, G. (2007). "Butterflies of Southern Amazonia". McAllen, Texas: Kim Garwood publisher.

Species list

Note: Names preceded by an equal sign ( = ) are synonyms. ORIG indicates original name. Source: [http://www.nymphalidae.net/Classification/Preponini.htm Nymphalidae Study Group website]

* "Prepona" Boisduval, 1836 ( = "Morpho" Hübner, 1819)
** "Prepona omphale" (Hübner, 1819) original name "Morpho omphale" Hübner, 1819
*** "Prepona omphale omphale" (Hübner, 1819)
*** "Prepona omphale octavia" Fruhstorfer, 1904
** "Prepona pseudomphale" Le Moult
** "Prepona dexamenus" Hopffer, 1874
*** "Prepona dexamenus dexamenus" Hopffer, 1874
*** "Prepona dexamenus krates" Fruhstorfer, 1904
** "Prepona gnorima" Bates, 1875
** "Prepona lygia" Fruhstorfer, 1904
** "Prepona antimache" Hübner
** "Prepona brooksiana" Godart
*** "Prepona brooksiana diaziana" Miller
*** "Prepona brooksiana escalantiana" Stoffel & Mast de Maeght, 1973
** "Prepona buckleyana" Hewitson
** "Prepona deiphile" Godart
** "Prepona eugenes" Bates, 1865
** "Prepona garleppiana" Staudinger
** "Prepona idexamenus" Hopffer, 1874
** "Prepona joyceyi" Le Moult
** "Prepona laertes" (Hübner, 1811) original name "Potamis laertes" Hübner, 1811 ( = "Nymphalis demodice" Godart, 1824)
** "Prepona lilianae" Le Moult
** "Prepona neoterpe" Hour.
** "Prepona pheridamas" (Cramer, 1777)
** "Prepona philipponi" Le Moult
** "Prepona praeneste" Hewitson
*** "Prepona praeneste praeneste" Hewitson
*** "Prepona praeneste praenestina" Fruhstorfer, 1916
** "Prepona pseudojoiceyi" Le Moult
** "Prepona pylene" Hewitson, 1853
** "Prepona rothschildi" Le Moult
** "Prepona sarumani" Smart, 1976
** "Prepona subomphale" Le Moult
** "Prepona werneri" Hering & Hopp.
** "Prepona xenagoras" Hewitson

References

* Eugène Le Moult, 1932."Etudes sur les Prepona: lépidoptères rhopalocères américains" E. Le Moult, Paris: Editions scientifiques du Cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, 1932.

External links

* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/prepona/index.html FunetFi]
* [http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/wahlberg/Nymphalidae/Charaxinae/Charaxinae.htm Nymphalidae Systematics Group]
* [http://tolweb.org/Prepona/70544 Tree of Life web project: "Prepona"]
* [http://www.pteron-world.com/topics/classfication/nymphalidae/charaxinae/preponini/preponini2.html#prepona Pteron] Images. In Japanese but with Binomial names (Latin)

ee also

*Archaeoprepona (sister genus). Many "Archaeoprepona" species were formerly placed in "Prepona".