The systematics of the genus Agrias has evolved considerably in recent years. Some forms have turned out to be subspecies, some species have been split into two and others grouped together. We follow on this site the classification of Manfred Späth, author of a superb monograph on Agrias published in 1999 (which we recommend you read). In addition to the great work of Manfred Späth, we have added the new subspecies discovered since 1999. There are now 8 or 9 recognized species, depending if you split or not hewitsonius and beatifica.
Agrias butterfly species and subspecies
Agrias claudina
- Agrias claudina claudina : Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana
- Agrias claudina claudianus : Santa Catarina (Brazil)
- Agrias claudina godmani : Mato Grosso, Goias (Brazil)
- Agrias claudina lugina : Bolivia
- Agrias claudina lugens : Central and South Peru
- Agrias claudina sara : Ecuador
- Agrias claudina intermedius : East Colombia & West Venezuela
- Agrias claudina delavillae : Sierra de Lema (Venezuela)
- Agrias claudina patriciae : W. Venezuela
- Agrias claudina sardanapalus : Iquitos (E. Peru), Amazonas (Venezuela), Amazonas & Rondonia (Brazil), South Colombia
- Agrias claudina croesus : Para (Brazil)
- Agrias claudina lucianus : East of rio Tapajos (Brazil)
Agrias sahlkei
- Agrias sahlkei sahlkei : Orinoco delta (Venezuela), Obidos area (Brazil), Guyanas
- Agrias sahlkei ninus : Manaus area (Brazil)
Agrias aedon
- Agrias aedon aedon : Colombia, Venezuela
- Agrias aedon jouberti : Ecuador
- Agrias aedon pepitoensis : Colombia (Rio Pepito)
- Agrias aedon rodriguezi : Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras
- Agrias aedon toyodai : Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Agrias narcissus
- Agrias narcissus narcissus : Guyanas, Brazil (N. of Amazon)
- Agrias narcissus stoffeli : (Venezuela)
- Agrias narcissus tapajonus : Brazil (S. of Amazon : Rio Madeira to Rio Xingu)
- Agrias narcissus chrysotaenia : Rio Urubu (Brazil)
Agrias amydon
- Agrias amydon amydon : Central Colombia
- Agrias amydon bogotana : W. Venezuela to NE Colombia
- Agrias amydon oaxacata : Oaxaca (Mexico)
- Agrias amydon lacandona : Chiapas (Mexico), Honduras
- Agrias amydon smalli : Panama, Costa Rica
- Agrias amydon philatelica : synonym of A. a. smalli f. ghislenae ? : Costa Rica
- Agrias amydon athenais : W. Colombia, Rio Mira (NW Ecuador)
- Agrias amydon zenodorus : Ecuador, N. Peru
- Agrias amydon klugi : Ecuador
- Agrias amydon amydonius : Loreto & Iquitos (Peru)
- Agrias amydon extensa : Rio Tonantins (Brazil)
- Agrias amydon tryphon : Peru (Ucayali valley)
- Agrias amydon aristoxenus : S. Peru (Tambo)
- Agrias amydon philoxenus : Peru (Huallaga)
- Agrias amydon lathyi : Peru (Madre de Dios)
- Agrias amydon boliviensis : Yungas (Bolivia)
Agrias pericles
- Agrias pericles pericles : Rio Tapajos (Brazil)
- Agrias pericles mauensis : region of Maues & Rio Madeira (Brazil)
- Agrias pericles aurantiaca : Guyanas, Bolivar (SW Venezuela), Para (NW Brazil)
- Agrias pericles uniformis : Amazonas (S. Venezuela), Rio Branco (N Brazil)
- Agrias pericles rubella : Rio Negro and its affluents, Rio Maraa, Rio Uaupés (Brazil)
- Agrias pericles peruviana : Rio Inambari, Rio Madre de Dios (S. Peru)
- Agrias pericles buechei : El Muyo, Cordillera de Colon (Peru)
- Agrias pericles mapiri : Yungas (Bolivia)
- Agrias pericles ferdinandi : Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Goias, Bahia (Brazil)
- Agrias pericles eberti : Pernambuco (Brazil)
Agrias phalcidon
- Agrias phalcidon phalcidon : Parintins to Rio Tapajos (Brazil)
- Agrias phalcidon fournierae : region of Maués & Rio Madeira (Brazil)
- Agrias phalcidon xinguensis : East of Rio Tapajos, Rio Xingu (Brazil)
- Agrias phalcidon excelsior : Rio Tonantins (Brazil)
Agrias hewitsonius
(synonym beatifica)
- Agrias hewitsonius hewitsonius : Tefé & Coari (Brazil)
- Agrias hewitsonius beatifica : N Peru, Ecuador, Rio Putumayo ? (Colombia)
- Agrias hewitsonius stuarti : Iquitos, Rio Napo (NE Peru)
- Agrias hewitsonius olivencius : Rio Solimões (Brazil)
- Agrias hewitsonius beata : C. & S. Peru
- Agrias hewitsonius lachaumei : Ucayali valley (Peru)
- Agrias hewitsonius elata : Perene & Ene valleys (Peru)
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