Prometheus heliconioides

Prometheus heliconioides

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae

Prometheus is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1824 Taxonomy Prometheus contains the following species: Prometheus annae (Bierdemann, 1935) Prometheus cochrus (Fabricius, 1787) Prometheus cononia (Westwood, 1877) [see Castnia mars Druce, 1883 (?)] Prometheus ecuadoria (Westwood, 1877) Prometheus heliconioides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]) Prometheus mimica (R.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 3

Sources and credits

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Prometheus heliconioides

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