Bia actorion

Uncertain owlet
	Upper and underside of mounted specimens (nominate subspecies)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bia
Species:	B. actorion
Binomial name
	Bia actorion; (Stoll, 1780)
Synonyms
	Papilio actorion Linnaeus, 1763; Bia actoriaena Hübner, [1819]; Napho actoriaena;

Bia actorion, the uncertain owlet, bia owl or Actorion owlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.^[2]

The larvae feed on Astrocaryum murumuru and Geonoma species.

Taxonomy

Bia actorion has long been placed in the subfamily Satyrinae, but studies determined that it belonged to the Brassolinae. Currently, the genus Bia are classified as members of the subtribe Biina in the tribe Brassolini.

Subspecies

Bia actorion actorion
Bia actorion decaerulea Weymer, 1911 — Amazonas in Brazil
Bia actorion rebeli Bryk, 1953 — Ecuador and Peru

References

^ "Bia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Butterflies of Amazonia

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[1] "Bia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Butterflies of Amazonia

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Bia actorion

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