Bia actorion

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Uncertain owlet
Bia actorion actorion MHNT dos.jpg
Bia actorion actorion MHNT ventre.jpg
Upper and underside of mounted specimens (nominate subspecies)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bia
Species:
B. actorion
Binomial name
Bia actorion
(Stoll, 1780) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio actorionLinnaeus, 1763
  • Bia actoriaenaHübner, [1819]
  • Napho actoriaena
In eastern Ecuador, showing the vermiculation on the underwings Bia actorion (15058845845).jpg
In eastern Ecuador, showing the vermiculation on the underwings

Bia actorion, the uncertain owlet, bia owl or Actorion owlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. [2]

Contents

The larvae feed on Astrocaryum murumuru and Geonoma species.

Taxonomy

Bia actorion has long been placed in the subfamily Satyrinae, but studies determined that it belonged to the Brassolinae. Currently, the genus Bia are classified as members of the subtribe Biina in the tribe Brassolini.

Subspecies

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References

  1. "Bia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of Amazonia