Eresia (butterfly)
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Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT | |
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Genus: | Eresia Boisduval, [1836]
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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[]
- Salvin, 1869
- Doubleday, [1847]
- Hewitson, 1869 – three-banded crescent
- Eresia clio (Linnaeus, 1758) – creamy crescent, Clio crescent, common crescent
- Hewitson, 1864 – Datis crescent, Hewitson's Mimic
- Hewitson, 1857 – Emerantia crescent
- Eresia erysice (Geyer, 1832)
- (Hall, 1929)
- (Hübner, [1807]) – Eunice crescent, tiger crescent (type for the genus)
- Hewitson, 1864 – three-banded crescent, ithomioides crescent, variable crescent
- Hewitson, 1869
- Eresia nauplius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Peruvian crescent, Nauplius crescent
- Eresia lansdorfi (Godart, 1819) – Lansdorf's crescent
- Hewitson, 1872
- Bates, 1864
- Hewitson, 1852 – mimic crescent, Polina crescent
- Hewitson, 1852
- Hewitson, 1852 – square-tipped crescent
- Hewitson, 1852 – Polina crescent
- Schaus, 1913
- MHNT
Eresia nauplius - MHNT
References[]
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- ^ "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books, pp. 86-87, 145.
Categories:
- Melitaeini
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterfly genera
- Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval