''Prepona laertes'', the shaded-blue leafwing or Laertes prepona, 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 is found in large parts of
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and
South America
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.
The
wingspan
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is about 88 mm.Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador) /ref> It is a very variable species and a great number of subspecies and forms have been described. Most of these are now considered synonyms.
The larvae feed on ''
Inga vera
''Inga vera'' is a species of tropical tree in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Inga ruiziana'' and ''
Andira inermis
''Andira inermis'' is a nitrogen-fixing tree native to the area from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil); it has been introduced to the Caribbean, the Antilles, Florida, and Africa. Th ...
824
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Year 824 ( DCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* November 11 – The '' Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the ...