Catonephele

Catonephele
	Catonephele acontius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Epicaliini
Genus:	Catonephele; Hübner, [1819]
Species
	Several, see text
Synonyms
	Epicalia Boisduval 1870 (non Doubleday, 1844: preoccupied); Epicalia Doubleday, 1844

Catonephele is a nymphalid butterfly genus found in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

Catonephele acontius (Linnaeus, 1771) – Acontius firewing
Catonephele antinoe (Godart, [1824]) – Antinoe catone
Catonephele chromis (Doubleday, [1848]) – cloud-forest catone
Catonephele cortesi Maza, 1982 – West-Mexican catone
Catonephele mexicana Jenkins & Maza, 1985 – Guatemalan catone
Catonephele numilia (Cramer, [1775]) – blue-frosted banner, blue-frosted catone, Grecian shoemaker, or stoplight catone
Catonephele nyctimus (Westwood, 1850)
Catonephele orites Stichel, 1899 – orange-banded shoemaker butterfly
Catonephele sabrina (Hewitson, 1851)
Catonephele salacia (Hewitson, 1851)
Catonephele salambria (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Salambria banner