Tegosa
| Tegosa | |
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| Black-bordered Tegosa (Tegosa anieta), Peru | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| Genus: | Tegosa Higgins, 1981 |
Tegosa is a Neotropical genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
- Tegosa anieta (Hewitson, 1864) – Black-bordered Tegosa
- Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) – Claudina's Tegosa, Apricot Crescent[3]
- Tegosa etia (Hewitson, 1868) – Rusty Crescent
- Tegosa flavida (Hewitson, 1868)
- Tegosa fragilis (Bates, 1864)
- Tegosa guatemalena (Bates, 1864) – Guatemalan Tegosa
- Tegosa infrequens Higgins, 1981
- Tegosa nazaria (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Tegosa nigrella (Bates, 1866) – Dark Tegosa
- Tegosa orobia (Hewitson, 1864)
- Tegosa pastazena (Bates, 1864) – Pastazena Crescent
- Tegosa selene (Röber, 1913) – Selene Crescent
- Tegosa serpia Higgins, 1981 – Serpia Crescent
- Tegosa tissoides (Hall, 1928) – Tissoides Crescent
References
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- ↑ Tegosa, funet.fi
- ↑ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 88
- ↑ Apricot Crescent, Learn about Butterflies
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