Prepona pylene

Prepona pylene, the narrow-banded shoemaker, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1853. It is found throughout the Amazonian region from Honduras to Paraguay. The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes between 400 and 1,000 meters.

Prepona pylene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Prepona
Species:	P. pylene
Binomial name
Prepona pylene Hewitson, 1853
Synonyms
Prepona miranda Staudinger, [1885] Prepona pylene santina Fruhstorfer, 1897 Prepona pylene proschion Fruhstorfer, 1904 Prepona transiens Fruhstorfer, 1905 Prepona eugenes Bates, 1865 Prepona simois C. & R. Felder, 1867 Prepona eugenes var. ecuadorica Strand, 1921 Prepona eugenes ameinogenes Röber, 1928 Prepona gnorima Bates, 1865 Prepona demophile Westwood, 1850 Prepona demophile C. & R. Felder, 1867 Prepona eugenes argyria Fruhstorfer, 1916 Prepona laertides Staudinger, 1898 Prepona eugenes diluta Fruhstorfer, 1904 Prepona eugenes decorata Fruhstorfer, 1904 Prepona pylene philetas Fruhstorfer, 1904

Subspecies

• Prepona pylene pylene (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Sul)
• Prepona pylene bahiana Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Brazil: Bahia)
• Prepona pylene eugenes Bates, 1865 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil: Pará)
• Prepona pylene gnorima Bates, 1865 (Honduras to Colombia)
• Prepona pylene jordani Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Ecuador)
• Prepona pylene laertides Staudinger, 1898 (Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil: Minas Gerais)
• Prepona pylene philetas Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Honduras)