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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. 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

  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


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