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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Biblidinae
Tribus: Biblidini
Subtribus: Epicalina
Genus: Catonephele
Species: C. acontius – C. antinoe – C. chromis – C. cortesi – C. mexicana – C. numilia – C. nyctimus – C. orites – C. sabrina – C. salacia – C. salambria
Name

Catonephele Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Catonephele eupalemaena Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms

Epicalia Doubleday, 1844
Epicalia Boisduval, 1870

Catonephele is a nymphalid butterfly genus found in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Catonephele acontius (Linnaeus, 1771) – Acontius firewing
Catonephele antinoe (Godart, [1824]) – Antinoe catone
Catonephele chromis (Doubleday, [1848]) – cloud-forest catone
Catonephele cortesi Maza, 1982 – West-Mexican catone
Catonephele mexicana Jenkins & Maza, 1985 – Guatemalan catone
Catonephele numilia (Cramer, [1775]) – blue-frosted banner, blue-frosted catone, Grecian shoemaker, or stoplight catone
Catonephele nyctimus (Westwood, 1850)
Catonephele orites Stichel, 1899 – orange-banded shoemaker butterfly
Catonephele sabrina (Hewitson, 1851)
Catonephele salacia (Hewitson, 1851)
Catonephele salambria (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Salambria banner

C. acontius

C. numilia

Orange-banded shoemaker butterfly (C. orites)

C. antinoe
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

Underside C. antinoe
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

References

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