Greta (genus)

Greta
Greta morgane
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Greta Hemming, 1934
Type species
Hymenitis diaphane (Hübner, 1773)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Hymenitis (Hübner, 1816) Hypomenitis (Fox, 1945)

Greta is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in 1934. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae, and are found mostly in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Species

Arranged alphabetically.^[1][2]

• Greta alphesiboea (Hewitson, 1869)
• Greta andromica (Hewitson, [1854]) – Andromica Clearwing
• Greta annette (Guérin-Ménéville, [1844]) – White-spotted Clearwing
• Greta cubana (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1862) – Cuban Clearwing
• Greta depauperata (Boisduval, 1870)
• Greta dercetis (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)
• Greta diaphanus (Drury, [1773]) – Antillean Clearwing
• Greta enigma (Haensch, 1905)
• Greta esula (Hewitson, 1855)
• Greta gabiglooris (Brabant & Bischler, 2005) – Gabi's Clearwing
• Greta gardneri (Weeks, 1901)
• Greta hermana (Haensch, 1903)
• Greta libethris (C & R Felder, 1867) – Libethris Clearwing
• Greta lojana (Vitale & Bollino, 2001)
• Greta lydia (Weymer, 1899)
• Greta morgane (Geyer, 1833) – Thick-tipped Greta, Morgane Clearwing, Rusty Clearwing
• Greta nero (Hewitson, 1854) – Nero Clearwing
• Greta ochretis (Haensch, 1903)
• Greta oneidodes (Kaye, 1918)
• Greta ortygia (Weymer, 1890) – Orthygia Clearwing
• Greta oto (Hewitson, 1854) – Glasswing
• Greta polissena (Hewitson, [1863]) – Polissena Clearwing
• Greta telesilla (Weymer, 1899)
• Greta theudelinda (Hewitson, [1861])

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