Agrias pericles pericles has been described by HW Bates in 1860. It lives on the South bank of the Amazon around Itaituba (Rio Tapajos). On the West of its distribution area, it meets ssp. mauensis around Maues (Brazil). Pictures of… Read More »Agrias pericles pericles
Agrias sahlkei sahlkei is distributed from the North banks of Amazon, from Manaus to Venezuala and the Guyanas. It has been described in 1885 by Honrath. Several forms have been described by Eugène Le Moult in French Guiana. There are… Read More »Agrias sahlkei sahlkei
Agrias aedon toyodai has been described in 2004 by Masashi Hirata and Takashi Miyagawa. Toyodai has an intermediary pattern between Agrias aedon aedon and Agrias aedon rodriguezi. This splendid Agrias butterfly lives in Costa Rica (at a lower altitude than… Read More »Agrias aedon toyodai
Agrias aedon rodriguezi is a wonderful Agrias species described by Schaus in 1918. It flies in Chiapas (Mexico) but has also be found in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and in the central Cordillera of Costa Rica. There are some minor pattern… Read More »Agrias aedon rodriguezi
Agrias aedon jouberti has been described in 2014 by Gilles Séraphin. It comes from Ecuador in the Esmeraldas province (localities of San Francisco and Durango). The internal black margin of fore wings is larger than on Agrias aedon aedon and… Read More »Agrias aedon jouberti
Agris aedon pepitoensis has been described in 1930 by Michael. It flies in the Western Cordillera (Rio Pepito, Cisneros) in Colombia. It is very morphogically very close to Agrias aedon aedon, with a more-curved red band at the bottom of… Read More »Agrias aedon pepitoensis
Agrias aedon aedon has been described by Hewitson in 1848. It flies in Muzo region in Colombia. It is a rare species in collection and doesn’t vary much even if few forms have been described. Pictures of Agrias aedon aedon… Read More »Agrias aedon aedon
Agrias narcissus tapajonus has been described by Fassl in 1921. This subspecies flies at the South of Amazon river. Most recently-found specimens come from Maues area in Brazil. The main difference with Agrias narcissus narcissus is a broader red band… Read More »Agrias narcissus tapajonus
Agrias narcissus stoffeli has been described by Mast de Maeght & Descimon in 1972. Stoffeli flies in the Sierra de Lema in Venezuela. It shares the physical characteristics of both narcissus narcissus and sahlkei ninus. Some authors consider it as… Read More »Agrias narcissus stoffeli
Agrias narcissus narcissus is a splendid butterfly from French Guiana and Brazil in the North of Amazon (Obidos, Manaus…). It has been described by Otto Staudinger in 1856. There are few interesting forms like the yellow form chrysotaenia. = Agrias… Read More »Agrias narcissus narcissus