Tegosa

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Tegosa
Black-bordered Tegosa (Tegosa anieta), Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Tegosa
Higgins, 1981

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

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • Tegosa anieta (Hewitson, 1864) – Black-bordered Tegosa
  • Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) – Claudina's Tegosa, Apricot Crescent[3]
  • Tegosa etia (Hewitson, 1868) – Rusty Crescent
  • Tegosa flavida (Hewitson, 1868)
  • Tegosa fragilis (Bates, 1864)
  • Tegosa guatemalena (Bates, 1864) – Guatemalan Tegosa
  • Tegosa infrequens Higgins, 1981
  • Tegosa nazaria (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
  • Tegosa nigrella (Bates, 1866) – Dark Tegosa
  • Tegosa orobia (Hewitson, 1864)
  • Tegosa pastazena (Bates, 1864) – Pastazena Crescent
  • Tegosa selene (Röber, 1913) – Selene Crescent
  • Tegosa serpia Higgins, 1981 – Serpia Crescent
  • Tegosa tissoides (Hall, 1928) – Tissoides Crescent

References

  1. Tegosa, funet.fi
  2. Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 88
  3. Apricot Crescent, Learn about Butterflies
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