Eresia (Butterfly)

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;

Short description: Genus of butterflies

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

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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

Eresia eunice - MHNT
Eresia nauplius - MHNT

References

↑ "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.

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