Catonephele acontius

Catonephele acontius
	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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