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 Annona (Annonaceae) and on Malpighia glabra (Malpighiaceae). 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.
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Subspecies Archaeoprepona demophon demophon Surinam Archaeoprepona demophon extincta Brazil (D.F.) Archaeoprepona demophon centralis Mexico, Honduras, to Panama Archaeoprepona demophon muson Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis Mexico Archaeoprepona demophon thalpius Brazil (Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul))
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
External links
Archaeoprepona demophon (The Nymphalidae Systematics Group website) One-spotted Prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon), Neotropical Butterflies Archaeoprepona demophon occidentalis (Stoffel & Descimon, 1974) (One-spotted Prepona) , Butterflies of America