''Archaeoprepona meander'', the Meander prepona, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

. It is found from

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

to the

Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Boli ...

Subspecies

*''Archaeoprepona meander meander'' (Suriname) *''Archaeoprepona meander megabates'' (Peru, Bolivia, Panama, Colombia) three-toned prepona *''Archaeoprepona meander phoebus'' (Honduras, Mexico) *''Archaeoprepona meander castorina'' (Brazil)

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Butterflies of America
Charaxinae Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies described in 1775 Taxa named by Pieter Cramer {{Charaxinae-stub