Agrias claudina sardanapalus is one of the most impressive Agrias butterflies. It has been described in 1860 by HW Bates. It lives in Amazonas, Rondonia (Brazil) and reaches East Peru, South Colombia and Venezuela. Several forms have been described including… Read More »Agrias claudina sardanapalus
Agrias pericles buechei has been described in 2019 by Philippe Floquet. It lives in Colan Cordillera in North Peru. No forms have been described, very rare in collection. Pictures of Agrias pericles buechei You will find other paratypes in Philippe… Read More »Agrias pericles buechei
Agrias pericles peruviana lives in South Peru. It has been described by Lathy in 1924. There are a yellow, an orange and a red form as you can see in the plate below. Pictures of Agrias pericles peruviana You can… Read More »Agrias pericles peruviana
Agrias pericles rubella has been described by Michael in 1930. This wonderful Agrias lives in Rio Negro and Rio Uaupes in Brazil and reach the Colombia/Brazil border. Taxonomic status : some authors like Gilles Seraphin (Antenor 2017) considers rubella to… Read More »Agrias pericles rubella
Agrias pericles aurantiaca has been described in 1897 by Fruhstorfer. It lives mainly in Manaus, Obidos (Brazil), but it is also cited from French Guyana and Venezuela. Pictures of Agrias pericles aurantica Forms of Agrias p. aurantiaca trajanusimmaculataviridipictapraxitelesmodulataconnexagracilislividagrandis You will… Read More »Agrias pericles aurantiaca
Agrias pericles mapiri has been described by Fassl in 1913. It lives in Bolivia. It is very close to Agrias pericles peruviana. Pictures of Agrias pericles mapiri Forms of Agrias p. mapiri steinbachicyanaemixtarogerijacobielongatapetri You will find a description of these… Read More »Agrias pericles mapiri
Agrias pericles ferdinandi has been described by Fruhstorfer in 1895. It lives in Bahia, Minas Geraes and Matto Grosso provinces of Brazil. Pictures of Agrias pericles ferdinandi Forms of Agrias p. ferdinandi Few forms have been described :gloriosatalboti You will… Read More »Agrias pericles ferdinandi
Agrias pericles eberti has been described in 1974 by Kesselring. This subspecies flies in Nordeste region, Brazil. It doesn’t vary much and no forms have been described. Not common in collection. Pictures of Agrias pericles eberti Agrias pericles available online.… Read More »Agrias pericles eberti
Agrias pericles uniformis has been described in 1930 by Michael. It lives in Rio Branco and Rio Negro (Brazil). It could well be an infrasubspecific form of Agrias pericles aurantiaca. Pictures of Agrias pericles uniformis No forms of Agrias p.… Read More »Agrias pericles uniformis
Agrias pericles mauensis has been described by Fassl in 1921. It lives around Maues in Brazil. As explained on the Agrias pericles pericles page, both subspecies are very close in forms and aspects where they meet so the validity of… Read More »Agrias pericles mauensis