Greta (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Danainae Scientific name Greta Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Family Nymphalidae Tribe Ithomiini Higher classification Ithomiini

Lower classifications Greta oto, Greta morgane

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 in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Species

Arranged alphabetically:

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])

References

Greta (genus) Wikipedia

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