''Archaeoprepona'' is a genus of

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charaxine butterflies in the family

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, native to

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, northern

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, and the

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. The underside of their wings is pale brownish, while the upperside is dark with a distinct bright blue band.

Taxonomy

Most

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were described before Hans Fruhstorfer coined the genus ''Archaeoprepona'' in 1916, and were therefore originally placed in other genera. This includes the

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of the genus, ''Archaeoprepona demophon'', first described as ''

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demophon'' by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

. Even after the description of the genus ''Archaeoprepona'', the members have commonly been included in '' Prepona'' instead. Species in the genus ''Archaeoprepona'':"''Archaeoprepona'' Fruhstorfer, 1915"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Archaeoprepona'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 ** '' Archaeoprepona amphimachus'' (Fabricius, 1775) – white-spotted prepona or turquoise-banded shoemaker ** ''

Archaeoprepona camilla ''Archaeoprepona'' is a genus of Neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean. The underside of their wings is pale brownish, while the upperside is dar ...

'' (Godman & Salvin, 884 ** '' Archaeoprepona chalciope'' (Hübner, 823 ** '' Archaeoprepona demophon'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker ** '' Archaeoprepona demophoon'' (Hübner, 814 – Hübner's shoemaker, silver king shoemaker ** '' Archaeoprepona licomedes'' (Cramer, 777 – Cramer's shoemaker ** '' Archaeoprepona meander'' (Cramer, 775 – Meander prepona ** '' Archaeoprepona phaedra'' (Godman & Salvin, 884

Biogeographic realm

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Systematics

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showing phylogenetics of ''Archaeoprepona''

Etymology

Amphimachus is a figure in Greek mythology. Archaeoprepona amphimachus MHNT.jpg, ''Archaeoprepona amphimachus '' - both sides Archaeoprepona demophon demophon MHNT.jpg, ''Archaeoprepona demophon'' - both sides Archaeoprepona licomedes Bresil Global.jpg, ''Archaeoprepona licomedes'' - both sides Hubner1821SammlExotSchmett2Plate58.jpg, ''Archaeoprepona chalciope '' – Hübner's 1821 illustration Hubner's Shoemaker (Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola).jpg, ''Archaeoprepona demophoon andicola''

References

External links

''Archaeoprepona''
Photographs of specimens. Many are

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in Japanese but has binomial names. Charaxinae Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Hans Fruhstorfer Nymphalidae genera {{Charaxinae-stub