Hamadryas amphinome

Species of butterfly

Red cracker

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Hamadryas
Species:  |

H. amphinome

Binomial name
Hamadryas amphinome

(Linnaeus, 1767)

Synonyms

* Papilio amphinome Linnaeus, 1767

Hamadryas amphinome, the red cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to regions of North and South America.

## Distribution[edit]

It is found from Mexico, through the Caribbean and Central America, to the Amazon basin including in Brazil, Guianas, Peru, and Bolivia, and south into Argentina.

## Subspecies[edit]

Subspecies of Hamadryas amphinome, listed alphabetically, include:[1]

* Hamadryas amphinome amphinome (Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil)
* Hamadryas amphinome fumosa (Colombia)
* Hamadryas amphinome mazai (Mexico)
* Hamadryas amphinome mexicana (Mexico to Colombia)
* Hamadryas amphinome mexicana (Costa Rica )
* most abundant on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica

## Food source[edit]

The larvae feed on Dalechampia scandens.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hamadryas amphinome at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2711113
* Wikispecies: Hamadryas amphinome
* BAMONA: Hamadryas-amphinome
* BioLib: 460707
* BOLD: 17442
* CoL: 6LB5R
* EoL: 166283
* GBIF: 5129489
* iNaturalist: 85449
* IRMNG: 10264824
* ITIS: 778023
* LepIndex: 159590
* MONA: 4544
* NCBI: 741406

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