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Nymphalidae
77a0906 – 4551.6   Prepona laertes (Hübner, [1811])
Distribution Data for Prepona laertes
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Distribution: USA: FL.
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Synonymy:
  • laertes (Hübner, [1811]) (Potamis) extralim.
  • ssp. a. octavia Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Prepona)
  • amesia Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • apollinari Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • aquacensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • caucensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • draudti Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • fonquerniei Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • guatemalensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • hondurensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • lichyi Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • naranjensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • panamensis Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • reducta Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • schausi Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • subamesia Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • subdives Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • subomphale Le Moult, 1932 (Prepona) (synonym of ssp. octavia)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Prepona laertes (Hübner, [1811]), subspecies octavia Fruhstorfer, 1905, is now recognized within the North American fauna by Pelham (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), first discovered in 2013, Broward Co., FL, Hayden (2017), FDACS-DPI Entomology Circular 434.
    References
    • Hayden, J.E., 2017. Prepona laertes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), an exotic butterfly. FDACS-DPI Entomology Circular, 434.
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).

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