Eresia (butterfly)

Eresia
Eresia polina, Colombia
Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America. Eresia species form complex mimicry rings with species of its sister subfamilies 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

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  Eresia eunice - MHNT
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  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.