Hamadryas (butterfly)

Cracker butterflies
	Hamadryas amphinome (red cracker)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Ageroniini
Genus:	Hamadryas; Hübner, 1806
Type species
	Papilio amphinome; Linnaeus, 1767
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). The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1806.

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