Prepona laertes

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Preponalaertes(Hübner,_-1811-)female.JPG

| image_caption = Female

| image2 = Prepona laertes laertes MHNT dos.jpg

| image2_caption = Male

| taxon = Prepona laertes

| authority = (Hübner, [1811])[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/prepona/ "Prepona Boisduval, [1836]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms =

• Potamis superba laertes Hübner, [1811]
• Morpho omphale Hübner, [1819]
• Prepona omphale
• Prepona laertes pallidior Fruhstorfer, 1904
• Nymphalis demodice Godart, [1824]
• Prepona laertes ikarios Fruhstorfer, 1904
• Prepona laertes penelope Fruhstorfer, 1904
• Prepona laertes pallantias Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Prepona laertes agathus Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Prepona omphale renea Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Prepona omphale abulonia Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Prepona omphale devioletta Fassl, 1922
• Prepona lesounderi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona laertes guaraunes Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona joiceyi heringi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona joiceyi bouvieri Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona joiceyi poleti Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona [joiceyi] paraensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona joiceyi pebana Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona joiceyi tapajona Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudojoiceyi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale smithi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphala moureaui Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona philipponi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona philipponi maroniensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona rothschildi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona rothschildi amazonica Le Moult, 1932 (preocc. Staudindger, 1886)
• Prepona rothschildi cuyabensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona lilianae Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona lilianae blanci Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale decellei Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale foucheri Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale guiensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale yahnas Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale talboti Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale buenavista Le Moult, 1932
• Morpho laertes Fabricius, 1938 (preocc. Hübner, [1811])
• Prepona rothschildi homonyma Bryk, 1939
• Prepona joiceyi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona joiceyi overlaeti Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona joiceyi pseudodives Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudojoiceyi trinitensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona rothschildi venezuelensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale orinocensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale amesia Fruhstorfer, 1905
• Prepona joiceyi naranjensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudojoiceyi apollinari Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudojoiceyi fonquerniei Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudojoiceyi hondurensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudojoiceyi draudti Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale subdives Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale caucensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale aquacensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale guatemalensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale panamensis Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona omphale schausi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona pseudomphale lichyi Le Moult, 1932
• Prepona subomphale Le Moult, 1932

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Prepona laertes, the shaded-blue leafwing or Laertes prepona, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in large parts of Central and South America.

The wingspan is about 88 mm.[http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?ref=835&lang=en Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)] It is a very variable species and a great number of subspecies and forms have been described. Most of these are now considered synonyms.

The larvae feed on Inga vera, Inga ruiziana and Andira inermis.