Actinote thalia

Actinote thalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Actinote
Species:	A. thalia
Binomial name
Actinote thalia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio thaliaLinnaeus, 1758 Papilio ixilionLinnaeus, 1758 Acraea actonHerrich-Schäffer, 1865 Actinote thalia ab. idiographaJordan, 1913 Acraea anteasDoubleday, [1847] Actinote anteas anteas f. holochreaJordan, 1913 Actinote anteas anteas f. ochrotaeniaJordan, 1913 Acraea terpsinoeC. & R. Felder, 1862 Acraea crassiniaHopffer, 1874 Actinote terpsinoë roqueensisBryk, 1953 Actinote terpsinoë roqueensis f. puricellaBryk, 1953 Actinote cedestisJordan, 1913 Actinote crassinia eupeliaJordan, 1913 Actinote cedestes suspectaJordan, 1913 Actinote brettiaOberthür, 1917

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]

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. brettiaOberthür, 1917 (Colombia)
• A. t. byssaOberthür, 1917 (Venezuela)
• A. t. cedestisJordan, 1913 (Ecuador)
• A. t. crassinia(Hopffer, 1874) (Peru, Bolivia)
• A. t. eupeliaJordan, 1913 (Bolivia, Argentina)
• A. t. suspectaJordan, 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

• Actinote thalia at Insecta.pro