''Archaeoprepona demophon'', the one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker, or demophon shoemaker
Butterflies of the Amazon and the Andes is a butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.

Description

The wingspan reaches about . The uppersides of the wings are black, with bright pale blue transverse bands. The undersides are pale brown with a clearer band in the middle of the hindwings and several dark small dots on the margins.

Foodplants

The butterfly larva generally feed on plants of the genus ''

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). Adults visit rotten fruit or dung.

Distribution

This species can be found in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern portions of South America.

Habitat

''Archaeoprepona demophon'' prefers the edges of forest canopy and subcanopy.

Gallery

Archaeoprepona demophon demophon MHNT dos.jpg, ''Archaeoprepona demophon demophon'' – dorsal view Archaeoprepona demophon demophon MHNT ventre.jpg , ''Archaeoprepona demophon demophon'' - ventral view Archaeoprepona demophon muson MHNT dos.jpg , ''Archaeoprepona demophon muson'' male - dorsal view Archaeoprepona demophon muson MHNT ventre.jpg , ''Archaeoprepona demophon muson'' male - ventral view

Subspecies

*''Archaeoprepona demophon demophon'' (Surinam) *''Archaeoprepona demophon thalpius'' (Hübner, 814 (Brazil (Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul)) *''Archaeoprepona demophon extincta'' (Staudinger, 1886) *''Archaeoprepona demophon centralis'' (Fruhstorfer,

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(Mexico to Panama, Honduras) *''Archaeoprepona demophon muson'' (Fruhstorfer, 1905) (Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia) *''Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis'' (Stoffel & Descimon, 1974) (Mexico)

References

* DeVries, Philip J. (1987). ''The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Volume I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae.'' Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 327 pp. * Lewis, H. L. (1974). ''Butterflies of the World.''
Especies de Costa Rica
* Llorente-Bousquets, J., Descimon, H., and K. Johnson. (1993). Taxonomy and biogeography of ''Archaeoprepona demophoon'' in Mexico, with description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). ''Tropical Lepidoptera'' 4(1): 31-36.
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External links

(The Nymphalidae Systematics Group website)

Neotropical Butterflies

Butterflies of America Charaxinae Butterflies described in 1758 Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Charaxinae-stub