Eresia (butterfly)

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Eresia

Eresia polina, Colombia
Eresia eunice eunice \- MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Subfamily:  | Nymphalinae
Tribe:  | Melitaeini
Subtribe:  | Phyciodina
Genus:  | Eresia
Boisduval, [1836]
Synonyms

* Neptis [Illiger], 1807

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

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

* Eresia eunice \- MHNT

* Eresia nauplius \- MHNT

## 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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