''Actinote thalia'' is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It was described by
Carl Linnaeus in the 1758
10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found in most of
South America. An attempt was made by the South African programme to defoliate the
Chromolaena odorata, a shrub of Neotropical origin, by this species, but was disqualified due to an unacceptably wide host range.
The larvae feed on ''
Mikania
''Mikania'' is a genus of about 450 species of plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan, 1743–1814. Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common ...
'' species, ''
Eupatorium odoratum'' and ''
Chromolaena odoratum''.
"''Actinote'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Subspecies
*''A. t. thalia'' (Suriname, Venezuela)
*''A. t. anteas'' (Doubleday, [1847]) (Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia)
*''A. t. brettia'' Oberthür, 1917 (Colombia)
*''A. t. byssa'' Oberthür, 1917 (Venezuela)
*''A. t. cedestis'' Jordan, 1913 (Ecuador)
*''A. t. crassinia'' (Hopffer, 1874) (Peru, Bolivia)
*''A. t. eupelia'' Jordan, 1913 (Bolivia, Argentina)
*''A. t. suspecta'' Jordan, 1913 (Ecuador)
*''A. t. terpsinoe'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Peru, Bolivia)
References
''Actinote thalia''
at Insecta.pro
Butterflies described in 1758
Acraeini
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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