Castilia (butterfly)

Castilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Tribe:	Melitaeini
Genus:	Castilia Higgins, 1981

Castilia is a genus of South American butterflies of the Nymphalidae family found from Mexico to South America.^[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.^[1][2]

• Castilia angusta (Hewitson, 1868) – Angusta Crescent
• Castilia castilla (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
• Castilia chiapaensis (Beutelspacher, 1990) – Chiapas Crescent
• Castilia chinantlensis (de la Maza, 1978) – Chinantlan Crescent, Pie-slice Crescent
• Castilia eranites (Hewitson, 1857) – Smudged Crescent
• Castilia fulgora (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
• Castilia griseobasalis (Röber, 1913) – Gray-based Crescent
• Castilia guaya (Hall, 1929)
• Castilia myia (Hewitson, 1864)– Mayan Crescent
• Castilia neria (Hewitson, 1869)
• Castilia ofella (Hewitson, 1864) – White-dotted Crescent
• Castilia perilla (Hewitson, 1852)
• Castilia nortbrundii (Weeks, 1901)

References

1. Castilia, www.nic.funet.fi
2. Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 86-87.

External links

• images representing Castilia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life