Anthanassa ardys

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Anthanassa ardys
Anthanassa ardys.jpg
Male, Costa Rica
Ardys crescent (Anthanassa ardys) female.jpg
Female, Panama
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Anthanassa
Species:
A. ardys
Binomial name
Anthanassa ardys
(Hewitson, [1864])
Synonyms
  • Eresia ardys Hewitson, [1864]
  • Phyciodes ardys (Hewitson, [1864])
  • Phyciodes subota Godman & Salvin, 1878

Anthanassa ardys, the Ardys crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Mexico, through Central America to Colombia.

Ardys Crescent.jpg

Subspecies[]

  • Anthanassa ardys ardys (southern Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia)
  • Anthanassa ardys subota (Guatemala: Polochic Valley, Costa Rica)

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