Catonephele acontius

Acontius firewing
Male
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catonephele
Species:
C. acontius
Binomial name
Catonephele acontius
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
  • Papilio acontius Linnaeus, 1771
  • Papilio antiochus Fabricius, 1775 (nec Linnaeus)
  • Papilio medea Fabricius, 1775 (nec Cramer)
  • Papilio chione Cramer, [1776]
  • Papilio eupalemon Cramer, [1777]
  • Catonephele eupalemaena Hübner, [1819]
  • Catonephele acontius exquisitus Stichel, 1899

Catonephele acontius, the Acontius firewing, is a nymphalid butterfly species found in South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 (who gave the type location as "China", a designation followed by some later authors).

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