Prepona laertes

TaxID: 879262

Basic Information

Prepona laertes

Butterfly

Prepona laertes, the shaded-blue leafwing or Laertes prepona, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in large parts of Central and South America. The wingspan is about 88 mm. 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 ruiziana and Andira inermis.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Nymphalidae

Prepona

laertes

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Adrian Johnson@BY-NC
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(c) Laura Gaudette@BY
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(c) Antonio Robles@BY-NC-SA
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(c) canopalma@BY-NC
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(c) badewitt@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (19 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Ecuador Present —
France Present —
Guatemala Present —
Guyana Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (38 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
TRIHL998-22 BOLD:AAA8363 COI-5P 653 Colombia 2022-01-06 3.06603, -75.3758
TRIHL963-22 BOLD:AAC1323 COI-5P 653 Colombia 2022-01-06 3.06594, -75.3751
TRIHL805-22 BOLD:AAA8363 COI-5P 654 Colombia 2022-01-03 3.06556, -75.3708
TRIHL369-22 BOLD:AAA8363 COI-5P 653 Colombia 2021-11-01 3.06556, -75.3708
TRIHL1324-22 BOLD:AAA8363 COI-5P 653 Colombia 2022-01-31 3.06594, -75.3751
TRIHL1320-22 BOLD:AAA8363 COI-5P 653 Colombia 2022-01-31 3.06594, -75.3751
TRIHL1007-22 BOLD:AAA8363 COI-5P 653 Colombia 2022-01-06 3.06889, -75.3801
TRIHL042-22 BOLD:AAA8363 COI-5P 652 Colombia 2021-08-30 3.05734, -75.39
SACMA274-09 BOLD:AAC9491 COI-5P 407 Brazil 2005-06-07 -
SACMA273-09 BOLD:AAC9491 COI-5P 658 Brazil 2006-07-15 -
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Literature