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''Antirrhea philoctetes'', the common brown morpho or northern antirrhea, is a 
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. It was described by Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
in 1758. It is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
, Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
, Guatemala
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, Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, the Guianas
The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayanas''), is a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories:
* French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France
* ...
, Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
, Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
.
The larvae feed on '' Geonoma longivaginata''.
Subspecies
*''Antirrhea philoctetes philoctetes'' *''Antirrhea philoctetes avernus'' Hopffer, 1874 (Amazon, Guianas, Peru, Bolivia) *''Antirrhea philoctetes casta'' Bates, 1865 (Guatemala) *''Antirrhea philoctetes intermedia'' Salazar, Constantino & López, 1998 (Colombia, Peru) *''Antirrhea philoctetes lindigii'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia) *''Antirrhea philoctetes murena'' Staudinger,886
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*''Antirrhea philoctetes philaretes'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Colombia)
*''Antirrhea philoctetes theodori'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Amazonas)
*''Antirrhea philoctetes tomasia'' Butler, 1875 (Costa Rica, Panama)
*''Antirrhea philoctetes ulei'' Strand, 1912 (Venezuela)
References
Butterflies described in 1758 Morphinae Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Morphinae-stub