Red cracker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hamadryas |
Species: | H. amphinome |
Binomial name | |
Hamadryas amphinome (Linnaeus, 1767) |
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Hamadryas amphinome, the red cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to regions of North and South America.
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 of Hamadryas amphinome, listed alphabetically, include:
The larvae feed on Dalechampia scandens.