Archaeoprepona
{{Short description|Genus of brush-footed butterflies}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Archaeoprepona Demophon 025.jpg
| image_caption = One-spotted prepona (A. demophon) dorsal
| image2 = One-spotted prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon).jpg
| image2_caption = A. demophon ventral, Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil
| taxon = Archaeoprepona
| authority = (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
| type_species = Papilio demophon
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = *Pseudoprepona Le Moult, 1932
}}
Archaeoprepona is a genus of Neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean. The underside of their wings is pale brownish, while the upperside is dark with a distinct bright blue band.
Taxonomy
Most taxa were described before Hans Fruhstorfer coined the genus Archaeoprepona in 1916, and were therefore originally placed in other genera. This includes the type species of the genus, Archaeoprepona demophon, first described as Papilio demophon by Carl Linnaeus. Even after the description of the genus Archaeoprepona, the members have commonly been included in Prepona instead.
Species in the genus Archaeoprepona:{{Cite web |url=http://www.nymphalidae.net/Classification/Preponini.htm |title=Nymphalidae Study Group website |access-date=2008-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217053951/http://www.nymphalidae.net/Classification/Preponini.htm |archive-date=2010-02-17 |url-status=dead }}[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/archaeoprepona/ "Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915
- Archaeoprepona amphimachus (Fabricius, 1775) – white-spotted prepona or turquoise-banded shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona camilla (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
- Archaeoprepona chalciope (Hübner, [1823])
- Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758) – one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona demophoon (Hübner, [1814]) – Hübner's shoemaker, silver king shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona licomedes (Cramer, [1777]) – Cramer's shoemaker
- Archaeoprepona meander (Cramer, [1775]) – Meander prepona
- Archaeoprepona phaedra (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
Biogeographic realm
Systematics
Etymology
Amphimachus is a figure in Greek mythology.
Archaeoprepona amphimachus MHNT.jpg|Archaeoprepona amphimachus - both sides
Archaeoprepona demophon demophon MHNT.jpg|Archaeoprepona demophon - both sides
Archaeoprepona licomedes Bresil Global.jpg|Archaeoprepona licomedes - both sides
Hubner1821SammlExotSchmett2Plate58.jpg|Archaeoprepona chalciope – Hübner's 1821 illustration
Hubner's Shoemaker (Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola).jpg|Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola
References
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External links
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- [http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Archaeoprepona_a.htm Archaeoprepona] Photographs of specimens. Many are types
- [http://www.pteron-world.com/topics/classfication/nymphalidae/charaxinae/preponini/preponini4.html#archaeoprepona Pteron] in Japanese but has binomial names.
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Category:Nymphalidae of South America
Category:Taxa named by Hans Fruhstorfer
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