Actinote thalia

Actinote thalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Heliconiinae
Genus:	Actinote
Species:	A. thalia
Binomial name
*Actinote thalia* (Linnaeus, 1758)
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

Actinote thalia is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in most of South America.

The larvae feed on Mikania species, Eupatorium odoratum and Chromolaena odoratum.^[1]

Subspecies

Actinote thalia thalia (Surinam, Venezuela)
Actinote thalia anteas (Doubleday, [1847]) (Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia)
Actinote thalia brettia Oberthür, 1917 (Colombia)
Actinote thalia byssa Oberthür, 1917 (Venezuela)
Actinote thalia cedestis Jordan, 1913 (Ecuador)
Actinote thalia crassinia (Hopffer, 1874) (Peru, Bolivia)
Actinote thalia eupelia Jordan, 1913 (Bolivia, Argentina)
Actinote thalia suspecta Jordan, 1913 (Ecuador)
Actinote thalia terpsinoe (C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Peru, Bolivia)

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