Eunica

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Biblidinae Scientific name Eunica Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Family Nymphalidae Tribe Epicaliini Higher classification Nymphalidae

Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.

Species

The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:

Eunica alcmena (Doubleday, [1847])

Eunica alpais (Godart, [1824])

Eunica amelia (Cramer, [1777])

Eunica amycla (Godart, [1824])

Eunica anna (Cramer, 1780)

Eunica araucana C. & R. Felder, 1862

Eunica bechina (Hewitson, 1852)

Eunica brunnea Salvin, 1869

Eunica caelina (Godart, [1824])

Eunica caralis (Hewitson, 1857)

Eunica carias (Hewitson, 1857)

Eunica chlorochroa (Salvin, 1869) - mira purplewing

Eunica clytia (Hewitson, 1852)

Eunica concordia (Hewitson, 1852) – sandbar purplewing

Eunica cuvierii (Godart, [1819]) – Cuvier's purplewing

Eunica eburnea Fruhstorfer, 1907

Eunica elegans Salvin, 1869

Eunica eurota (Cramer, [1775])

Eunica evelide Bates, 1864

Eunica incognita Jenkins, 1990

Eunica ingens Seitz, 1915

Eunica interphasis Jenkins, 1990

Eunica heraclites Gundlach, 1881

Eunica macris (Godart, [1824])

Eunica maja (Fabricius, 1775)

Eunica malvina Bates, 1864 – Malvina purplewing

Eunica margarita (Godart, [1824])

Eunica marsolia (Godart, [1824])

Eunica mira Godman & Salvin, 1877

Eunica monima (Stoll, [1782]) - dingy purplewing

Eunica mygdonia (Godart, [1824])

Eunica norica (Hewitson, 1852) – Norica purplewing

Eunica olympias C. & R. Felder, 1862

Eunica orphise (Cramer, [1775])

Eunica phasis C. & R. Felder, 1862

Eunica pomona (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – rounded purplewing

Eunica pusilla Bates, 1864 - pusilla purplewing

Eunica sophonisba (Cramer, [1782]) – glorious purplewing

Eunica sydonia (Godart, [1824]) – Godart's purplewing

Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaeffer, [1855]) – Florida purplewing

Eunica venusia (C. & R. Felder, 1867)

Eunica veronica Bates, 1864

Eunica viola Bates, 1864

Eunica violetta Staudinger, [1885]

Eunica volumna (Godart, [1824])

Eunica Eunica sydonia caresa live adults

Eunica FileEunica alpais alpais MHNTjpg Wikimedia Commons

References

Eunica Wikipedia

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