Actinote thalia

Actinote thalia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
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 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.

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

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

• Actinote thalia at Insecta.pro