- Source: Archonias
Archonias is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Archonias brassolis, the cattleheart white, is its sole species. It is found from Central America, south through most of South America.
The wingspan is 56–65 mm for A. b. rubrosparsa and 31–34 mm for A. b. approximata. Adults of A. b. approximata have been recorded feeding on the nectar of Eupatorium species.
Subspecies
A. b. approximata (Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama)
A. b. brassolis (Surinam, Guianas)
A. b. critias (Venezuela, Colombia)
A. b. cutila (Ecuador)
A. b. marcias (Brazil)
A. b. negrina (Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru)
A. b. nigripennis (Colombia)
A. b. rosacea (Ecuador, Venezuela)
A. b. rubrosparsa (Ecuador)
A. b. tereas (Brazil)
There is also one undescribed subspecies from Colombia.
External links
Species page at the Tree of Life
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Archonias
- Pierini (butterflies)
- Neophasia terlooii
- List of butterflies of Belize
- List of butterflies of Mexico
- List of butterflies of Colombia
- List of butterflies of French Guiana
- List of butterflies of the Amazon River basin and the Andes
- List of Lepidoptera of Honduras
