Antirrhea philoctetes

Antirrhea philoctetes

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Antirrhea
Species:	A. philoctetes
Binomial name
*Antirrhea philoctetes* (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
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

Antirrhea philoctetes, the Common Brown Morpho or Northern Antirrhea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.

The larvae feed on Geonoma longivaginata.

Antirrhea philoctetes in 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)

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