Prepona laertes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Prepona
- Species
- Prepona laertes
- Scientific Name
- Prepona laertes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Prepona laertes
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. 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.
...Prepona laertes in languages:
- English
- Shaded-blue Leafwing
- English
- Laertes Prepona
- English
- Feathered Prepona
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Agrias phalcidon
- Prepona aedon
- Prepona amesia
- Prepona amphimachus
- Prepona amydon
- Prepona antimache
- Prepona buckleyana
- Prepona claudina
- Prepona deiphile
- Prepona demophon
- Prepona dexamenus
- Prepona garleppiana
- Prepona gnorima
- Prepona hewitsonius
- Prepona laertes
- Prepona lygia
- Prepona narcissus
- Prepona neoterpe
- Prepona philipponi
- Prepona praeneste
- Prepona proschion
- Prepona pylene
- Prepona silvana
- Prepona sysiphus
- Prepona werneri
- Prepona xenagoras































































































































































