Castilia (butterfly)

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Castilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Castilia
Higgins, 1981

Castilia is a genus of South American butterflies of the Nymphalidae family found from Mexico to South America.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • Castilia angusta (Hewitson, 1868) – Angusta Crescent
  • Castilia castilla (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
  • Castilia chiapaensis (Beutelspacher, 1990) – Chiapas Crescent
  • Castilia chinantlensis (de la Maza, 1978) – Chinantlan Crescent, Pie-slice Crescent
  • Castilia eranites (Hewitson, 1857) – Smudged Crescent
  • Castilia fulgora (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
  • Castilia griseobasalis (Röber, 1913) – Gray-based Crescent
  • Castilia guaya (Hall, 1929)
  • Castilia myia (Hewitson, 1864)– Mayan Crescent
  • Castilia neria (Hewitson, 1869)
  • Castilia ofella (Hewitson, 1864) – White-dotted Crescent
  • Castilia perilla (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Castilia nortbrundii (Weeks, 1901)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Castilia, www.nic.funet.fi
  2. ↑ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 86-87.


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