Eresia (butterfly)
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| Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| 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
- 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
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