Eresia (butterfly)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Nymphalinae Scientific name Eresia Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Family Nymphalidae Tribe Melitaeini Higher classification Melitaeini

Similar Butterfly, Butterflies and moths, Nymphalidae, Tegosa, Janatella

Eresia is a genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.Eresia forms complex mimicry rings with Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae.

Species

Listed alphabetically.

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, Hewitson's Mimic

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, Variable 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, Polina Crescent

Eresia perna Hewitson, 1852

Eresia phillyra Hewitson, 1852 – Square-tipped Crescent

Eresia polina Hewitson, 1852 – Polina Crescent

Eresia sticta Schaus, 1913

References

Eresia (butterfly) Wikipedia

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