Eunica

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Eunica

Eunica alcmena Male. Museum specimen.

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked)	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Biblidinae
Tribe:	Epicaliini
Genus:	Eunica Hübner, 1819

Diversity

c.40 species

Type species

Papilio monima
Stoll, 1782

Species

See species list in text.

Synonyms

See header of species list.

Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical Ecozone.

[edit] Species list

Note: Names preceded by an equal sign ( = ) are synonyms. ORIG indicates original name. Source: Nymphalidae Study Group website

Eunica Hübner, 1819 (= Evonyme Hübner, 1819; = Eunice Geyer, 1832 (preocc.); = Callianira Doubleday, 1847 (preocc. Callianira Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Mollusca)); = Faunia Poey, 1847 (preocc. Faunia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830); = Amycla Doubleday, 1849 (preocc. Amycla Rafinesque, 1815); = Libythina Felder, 1861)
- Eunica cuvierii (Godart, 1819) orig. name Libythea cuvierii Godart, 1819 ( = Eunica hyperipte Hübner, 1823)
- Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855) ORIG Cybdelis tatila Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855 ( = Eunica caerula Godman & Salvin, 1877)
  - Eunica tatila tatila (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855)
  - Eunica tatila tatilista Kaye, 1926
  - Eunica tatila bellaria Fruhstorfer, 1908 ( = Eunica tatila tatilina Fruhstorfer, 1908
- Eunica bechina (Hewitson, 1852) ORIG Cybdelis bechina Hewitson, 1852 ( = Eunica bechina chorienes Fruhstorfer, 1909; = Eunica bechina medellina Fruhstorfer, 1909
  - Eunica bechina bechina (Hewitson, 1852)
  - Eunica bechina magnipunctata Talbot, 1928
- Eunica evelide Bates, 1864 ( = Eunica emmelina Staudinger, 1886; = Evonyme elegans electa Röber, 1923)
- Eunica elegans Salvin, 1869
- Eunica caelina (Godart, 1824) ORIG Vanessa caelina Godart, 1824 ( = Eunica mabildei Röber, 1903)
  - Eunica caelina caelina (Godart, 1824)
  - Eunica caelina alycia Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Eunica olympias Felder & Felder, 1862
  - Eunica olympias olympias Felder & Felder, 1862
  - Eunica olympias augusta Bates, 1866
  - Eunica olympias augustina de la Maza, 1982
- Eunica margarita (Godart, 1824) ORIG Nymphalis margarita Godart, 1824
- Eunica eburnea Fruhstorfer, 1907
- Eunica ingens Seitz, 1915
- Eunica interphasis Jenkins, 1990
- Eunica heraclites Gundlach, 1881
- Eunica phasis Felder & Felder, 1862
- Eunica macris (Godart, 1824) ORIG Nymphalis macris Godart, 1824 ( = Eunica macris aeschrion Fruhstorfer, 1907)
- Eunica amycla (Godart, 1824) ORIG Vanessa amycla Godart, 1824 ( = Cybdelis careta Hewitson, 1852)
- Eunica mygdonia (Godart, 1824) ORIG Nymphalis mygdonia Godart, 1824
  - Eunica mygdonia mygdonia (Godart, 1824)
  - Eunica mygdonia omoa Hall, 1919
- Eunica caralis (Hewitson, 1857) ORIG Cybdelis caralis Hewitson, 1857 ( = Eunica picea Felder & Felder, 1861)
  - Eunica caralis caralis (Hewitson, 1857)
  - Eunica caralis ariba Fruhstorfer, 1908
- Eunica maja (Fabricius, 1775) ORIG Papilio maja Fabricius, 1775 ( = Nymphalis maia Godart, 1824; = Cybdelis naeris Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855)
  - Eunica maja maja (Fabricius, 1775)
  - Eunica maja noerina Hall, 1935
- Eunica anna (Cramer, 1780) ORIG Papilio anna Cramer, 1780
- Eunica malvina Bates, 1864
  - Eunica malvina malvina Bates, 1864
  - Eunica malvina albida Jenkins, 1990
- Eunica concordia (Hewitson, 1852) ORIG Cybdelis concordia Hewitson, 1852 ( = Evonyme concordia satura Röber, 1923)
- Eunica marsolia (Godart, 1824) ORIG Nymphalis marsolia Godart, 1824 ( = Eunica taurione Geyer, 1832)
  - Eunica marsolia marsolia (Godart, 1824)
  - Eunica marsolia fasula Fruhstorfer, 1909
  - Eunica marsolia paraensis Jenkins, 1990
- Eunica monima (Stoll, 1782) ORIG Papilio monima Stoll, 1782 ( = Nymphalis myrto Godart, 1824; = Eunica modesta Bates, 1864; = Eunica monima f. habanae Seitz, 1915; = Eunica pusilla fairchildi Bates, 1935)
- Eunica pusilla Bates, 1864
- Eunica violetta Staudinger, 1885
- Eunica veronica Bates, 1864
- Eunica clytia (Hewitson, 1852) ORIG Cybdelis clytia Hewitson, 1852
- Eunica viola Bates, 1864 ( = Eunica amycla violascens Bryk, 1953)
- Eunica orphise (Cramer, 1776) ORIG Papilio orphise Cramer, 1776 ( = Eunica tryphosa Geyer, 1837; = Cybdelis castalia Hewitson, 1852; = Evonyme orphise marcusi Orfila, 1951)
- Eunica incognita Jenkins, 1990
- Eunica amelia (Cramer, 1777) ORIG Papilio amelia Cramer, 1777
  - Eunica amelia amelia (Cramer, 1777)
  - Eunica amelia erroneata Oberthür, 1916 ( = Eunica amelia concolor Zikan, 1937)
- Eunica sydonia (Godart, 1824) ORIG Nymphalis sydonia Godart, 1824 ( = Cybdelis empyrea Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858; = Eunica campana Felder & Felder, 1861; = Eunica indigophana Felder & Felder, 1861; Eunica sydonia poppeana Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  - Eunica sydonia sydonia (Godart, 1824)
  - Eunica sydonia caresa (Hewitson, 1857) ORIG Cybdelis caresa Hewitson, 1857
- Eunica chlororhoa Salvin, 1869 ( = Eunica chlorochroa auctt. (misspelling))
- Eunica mira Godman & Salvin, 1877 ( = Eunica mira costaricensis Niepelt, 1920; = Eunica chlorochroa[sic] cygoea Hall, 1929)
- Eunica sophonisba (Cramer, 1782) ORIG Papilio sophonisba Cramer, 1782 ( = Eunica sophonisba mossi Hall, 1928)
  - Eunica sophonisba sophonisba (Cramer, 1782)
  - Eunica sophonisba agele Seitz, 1915 ( = Eunica falsata Oberthür, 1916)
- Eunica norica (Hewitson, 1852) ORIG Cybdelis norica Hewitson, 1852 ( = Evonyme norica lichyi Orfila, 1954)
  - Eunica norica norica (Hewitson, 1852)
  - Eunica norica occia Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Eunica carias (Hewitson, 1857) ORIG Cybdelis carias Hewitson, 1857
  - Eunica carias carias (Hewitson, 1857)
  - Eunica carias cabira Felder & Felder, 1861 ( = Eunica tenebrosa Salvin, 1869; = Eunica cabira gerwisa Fruhstorfer, 1907; = Eunica cabira ninetta Fruhstorfer, 1907; Eunica cabira editha Fruhstorfer, 1907)
- Eunica brunnea Salvin, 1869
- Eunica volumna (Godart, 1824) ORIG Nymphalis volumna Godart, 1824 ( = Faunia tithonia Felder & Felder, 1867; = Eunica volumna intricata Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  - Eunica volumna volumna (Godart, 1824)
  - Eunica volumna celma (Hewitson, 1852) ORIG Cybdelis celma Hewitson, 1852 ( = Faunia persephone Felder & Felder, 1867; Eunica volumna celmina Fruhstorfer, 1909; = Evonyme persephone proserpina Röber, 1923)
- Eunica venusia (Felder & Felder, 1867) ORIG Faunia venusia Felder & Felder, 1867
- Eunica alpais (Godart, 1824) ORIG Nymphalis alpais Godart, 1824 ( = Cybdelis cinara Hewitson, 1852; Eunica aspasia Felder & Felder, 1861; = Eunica cinara oreandra Fruhstorfer, 1909; = Eunica cinara var. vega Hall, 1919; = Eunica excelsa f. excelsissima Zikan, 1937)
  - Eunica alpais alpais (Godart, 1824)
  - Eunica alpais excelsa Godman & Salvin, 1877
- Eunica araucana Felder & Felder, 1862
- Eunica eurota (Cramer, 1776) ORIG Papilio eurota Cramer, 1776 ( = Nymphalis euphemia Godart, 1824; = Eunica vetula Staudinger, 1888; = Eunica eurota myrthis Fruhstorfer, 1908; Eunica eurota theophania Fruhstorfer, 1908; = Evonyme eurota muson Fruhstorfer, 1912)
  - Eunica eurota eurota (Cramer, 1776)
  - Eunica eurota dolores (Prittwitz, 1871) ORIG Faunia dolores Prittwitz, 1871 ( = Evonyme eurota dymanes Fruhstorfer, 1912)
- Eunica alcmena (Doubleday, 1847) ORIG Callianira alcmena Doubleday, 1847
  - Eunica alcmena amata Druce, 1874
  - Eunica alcmena flora Felder & Felder, 1862 ( = Eunica irma Fruhstorfer, 1908)
- Eunica pomona (Felder & Felder, 1867) ORIG Faunia pomona Felder & Felder, 1867 ( = Eunica pomona f. pompata Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  - Eunica pomona pomona (Felder & Felder, 1867)
  - Eunica pomona amata Druce, 1874

[edit] References

Jenkins, D. W. 1990. Neotropical Nymphalidae. VIII. Revision of Eunica. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 131:1-175.
Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. (Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea to Papilionoidea). Scientific Publishers, Gainsville, Florida.