Eresia (butterfly)

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

Eresia
Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Nymphalinae
Tribe:
Melitaeini
Genus:
Eresia

Boisduval, [1836]
Synonyms
  • Neptis [Illiger], 1807

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

  • 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
  1. "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books, pp. 86-87, 145.
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