Hamadryas amphinome, the red cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to regions of North and South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hamadryas |
| Species: | H. amphinome
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| Binomial name | |
| Hamadryas amphinome (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Distribution
editIt is found from Mexico, through the Caribbean and Central America, to the Amazon basin including in Brazil, Colombia, Guianas, Peru, and Bolivia, and south into Argentina.
Subspecies
editSubspecies of Hamadryas amphinome, listed alphabetically, include:[1]
- Hamadryas amphinome amphinome (Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil)
- Hamadryas amphinome fumosa (Colombia)
- Hamadryas amphinome mazai (Mexico)
- Hamadryas amphinome mexicana (Mexico to Colombia)
- Hamadryas amphinome mexicana (Costa Rica )
- most abundant on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica
Food source
editThe larvae feed on Dalechampia scandens.
Gallery
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Hamdrays and Giant Owl butterflies at a feeder -
Red Cracker and Starry night Cracker butterflies
References
edit- ^ Hamadryas amphinome at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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