Actinote thalia

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.[1]

Actinote thalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Actinote
Species:
A. thalia
Binomial name
Actinote thalia
Synonyms
  • Papilio thalia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio ixilion Linnaeus, 1758
  • Acraea acton Herrich-Schäffer, 1865
  • Actinote thalia ab. idiographa Jordan, 1913
  • Acraea anteas Doubleday, [1847]
  • Actinote anteas anteas f. holochrea Jordan, 1913
  • Actinote anteas anteas f. ochrotaenia Jordan, 1913
  • Acraea terpsinoe C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Acraea crassinia Hopffer, 1874
  • Actinote terpsinoë roqueensis Bryk, 1953
  • Actinote terpsinoë roqueensis f. puricella Bryk, 1953
  • Actinote cedestis Jordan, 1913
  • Actinote crassinia eupelia Jordan, 1913
  • Actinote cedestes suspecta Jordan, 1913
  • Actinote brettia Oberthür, 1917

The larvae feed on Mikania species, Eupatorium odoratum and Chromolaena odoratum.[2]

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
  1. Zachariades., etc., C. (June 1999). "The South African programme on the biological control of Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & Robinson (Asteraceae) using insects". African Entomology: 89–102 – via Web of Science.
  2. "Actinote Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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