Unspotted Firewing

Catonephele acontius

"Catonephele acontius", the Acontius firewing, is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771.
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Appearance

: Upperside. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings fine velvety black. An orange-coloured bar, about 1⁄4 inch broad, rises in the middle of the superior wings, running circularly and crossing the inferior ones, meeting about the middle of the abdominal edges.

Underside. Palpi white. Tongue brown. Breast and legs white. Abdomen yellow brown. Wings shining brown, exhibiting various shades of changeable colours; the tips terminating in an ash colour. Wings scarcely dentated. Wingspan 2+3⁄4 inches.
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Naming

*"Catonephele acontius acontius"
⤷ "Catonephele acontius caeruleus" Jenkins, 1985

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusCatonephele
SpeciesC. acontius