Tematica Insetti

Prepona omphale Hübner, 1811

Phylum: Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848

Classe: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758

Ordine: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Famiglia: Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815

Genere: Prepona Boisduval, 1836

Specie e sottospecie

Prepona laertes ssp. demodice (Godard, [1824]) (Guiana Francese, Brasile, Suriname, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia) - Prepona laertes ssp. louisa Butler, 1870 (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad).

Descrizione

L'apertura alare è di circa 88 mm. È una specie molto variabile e sono state descritte un gran numero di sottospecie e forme. La maggior parte di questi sono ora considerati sinonimi. Le larve si nutrono di Inga vera, Inga ruiziana e Andira inermis.

Diffusione

Si trova in molte regioni del Centro e del Sud America.

Sinonimi

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

	Data: 20/06/1978 Emissione: Farfalle Stato: Netherlands Antilles

	Data: 31/08/1979 Emissione: Farfalle Stato: Costa Rica

	Data: 08/04/1991 Emissione: Farfalle Stato: Grenada