Agrias amydon

Agrias amydon, the Amydon agrias or white-spotted agrias, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Agrias amydon
A. a. frontina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Agrias
Species:	A. amydon
Binomial name
Agrias amydon Hewitson, [1854]
Synonyms
Agrias phalcidon Hewitson, 1855 Agrias pericles Bates, 1860 Agrias anaxagoras Staudinger, 1886 Agrias eleonora Fruhstorfer, 1895 Agrias mapiri Fassl, 1913

The larvae feed on Erythroxylum species including E. havanense.

Subspecies

• A. a. amydon (Colombia)
• A. a. phalcidon (Brazil)
• A. a. zenodorus (Ecuador, northern Peru)
• A. a. amydonius (Peru (Loreto, Iquitos), Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia)
• A. a. boliviensis (Bolivia (Yungas), Peru)
• A. a. bogotana (western Venezuela to north-eastern Colombia)
• A. a. frontina (north-western Ecuador (Rio Mira), western Colombia)
• A. a. ferdinandi (Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Bahia, Pernambuco), Bolivia)
• A. a. aurantiaca (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Surinam, south-western Venezuela)
• A. a. aristoxenus (Peru, Bolivia)
• A. a. excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))
• A. a. uniformis (Brazil (Roraima), southern Venezuela)
• A. a. rubella (Brazil (Amazonas))
• A. a. oaxacata (Mexico (Oaxaca))
• A. a. smalli (Panama)
• A. a. philatelica (Mexico (Chiapas), Costa Rica)
• A. a. lacandona (Mexico)

There is also an undescribed subspecies from Venezuela.

• 
  A. a. amydonius
• 
  A. a. phalcidon