Hamadryas (butterfly)

Cracker butterflies
Hamadryas amphinome (red cracker)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Ageroniini
Genus: Hamadryas
Hübner, 1806
Type species
Papilio amphinome
Diversity
About 20 species
Synonyms
  • Ageronia Hübner, 1819
  • Amphichlora Felder, 1861
  • Apatura Illiger, 1807 (non Fabricius, 1807: suppressed)
  • Peridromia Lacordaire, 1833
  • Peridromia Boisduval, 1836 (non Lacordaire, 1833: preoccupied)
  • Philocala Billberg, 1820

Cracker butterflies are a Neotropical group of medium-sized brush-footed butterfly species of the genus Hamadryas. They acquired their common name due to the unusual way that males produce a "cracking" sound as part of their territorial displays. The most comprehensive work about their ecology and behavior is that of Julian Monge Najera et al. (1998).[1][2] The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1806.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Monge-Najera et al. 1998 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jenkins, D.W. (1983): Neotropical Nymphalidae. I. Revision of Hamadryas. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 81: 1-146.