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)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio actorion Linnaeus, 1763 Bia actoriaena Hübner, [1819] Napho actoriaena

In eastern Ecuador, showing the vermiculation on the underwings

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

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