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Cracker Butterflies
Hamadryas
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).
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gray Cracker
speciesHamadryas februa
Variable Cracker
speciesHamadryas feronia
Red Cracker
speciesHamadryas amphinome
Starry Night Cracker
speciesHamadryas laodamia
Epinome Cracker
speciesHamadryas epinome
Guatemalan Cracker
speciesHamadryas guatemalena
Glaucous Cracker
speciesHamadryas glauconome
Orange Cracker
speciesHamadryas fornax
Amazon Cracker
speciesHamadryas chloe
Arete Cracker
speciesHamadryas arete
Pale Cracker
speciesHamadryas amphichloe
Black-patched Cracker
speciesHamadryas atlantis
Turquoise Cracker
speciesHamadryas arinome
Brownish Cracker
speciesHamadryas iphthime
Yucatán Cracker
speciesHamadryas julitta
Hamadryas velutina
speciesHamadryas velutina
Hamadryas belladonna
speciesHamadryas belladonna
Hamadryas albicornis
speciesHamadryas albicornis
Hamadryas alicia
speciesHamadryas alicia
Hamadryas rosandra
speciesHamadryas rosandra
Hamadryas obidona
speciesHamadryas obidona
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83228.