Eresia (butterfly)

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Eresia
Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Eresia
Boisduval, [1836]
Synonyms
  • Neptis [Illiger], 1807

Eresia is a genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • Eresia actinote Salvin, 1869
  • Eresia carme Doubleday, [1847]
  • Eresia casiphia Hewitson, 1869 – Three-banded Crescent
  • Eresia clio (Linnaeus, 1758) – Creamy Crescent, Clio Crescent, Common Crescent
  • Eresia datis Hewitson, 1864 – Datis Crescent
  • Eresia emerantia Hewitson, 1857 – Emerantia Crescent
  • Eresia erysice (Geyer, 1832)
  • Eresia estebana (Hall, 1929)
  • Eresia eunice (Hübner, [1807]) – Eunice Crescent, Tiger Crescent (Type for the genus.)
  • Eresia ithomioides Hewitson, 1864 – Three-banded Crescent, Ithomioides Crescent
  • Eresia letitia Hewitson, 1869
  • Eresia nauplius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Peruvian Crescent, Nauplius Crescent
  • Eresia lansdorfi (Godart, 1819) – Lansdorf's Crescent
  • Eresia levina Hewitson, 1872
  • Eresia olivencia Bates, 1864
  • Eresia pelonia Hewitson, 1852 – Mimic Crescent
  • Eresia perna Hewitson, 1852
  • Eresia phillyra Hewitson, 1852 – Square-tipped Crescent
  • Eresia polina Hewitson, 1852 – Polina Crescent
  • Eresia sticta Schaus, 1913

References

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  1. ↑ Eresia, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, pp.86-87,145.
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