Archaeoprepona demophon centralis (Fruhstorfer, 1905)
(One-spotted Prepona)

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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915

Entomol. Rundsch 32 (8): 45. Type-species: Papilio demophon Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 464, no. 36, by original designation.

      =    ‡Pseudoprepona Le Moult, 1932

Novit. Entomol. 2(suppl. 1): vii. Type-species: Papilio demophon Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 464, no. 36, by original designation. A junior objective synonym of Archaeoprepona Fruhstorfer, 1915.

751.      Archeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 464, no. 36; figured by Clerck [1764], Icon. Ins. 2: pl. 35, fig. 2 ♂ D&V.

Original Combination: P[apilio]. E[ques Achivus] Demophon

Type Locality: "Indiis"

Types: Type(s) probably lost.

            =    luctuosus (Walch, 1775)

Naturforscher 7: 113, pl. 1, figs. 1a ♂ D, 1b ♂ V.

Original Combination: [Papilio eques] Luctuosus

Type Locality: “Ostindien”

Types: Type(s) probably lost.

            =    sysiphus (Cramer, [1777])

Uitl. Kapellen 2(14): 96, pl. 158, fig. C; (16): 151 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Nymph[alis]. Phalerat[a]. Sysiphus

Type Locality: “Surinamen” “Suriname”

Types: Type(s) probably lost.

                  a.   Archeoprepona demophon centralis (Fruhstorfer, 1905)

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris" 17(2): 284, 297.

Original Combination: Prepona demophon centralis

Type Locality: “Honduras”

Types: Location of type(s) not known, possibly in ZMHB or BMNH.

Recorded from Texas by Bordelon (2008), News Lepid. Soc. 50(supplement S1): 91.

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