Eunica tatila

Eunica tatila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Epicaliini
Genus:	Eunica
Species:	E. tatila
Binomial name
Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)

Eunica tatila, the Florida purplewing, is a species of tropical brushfoot in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Americas from southern Texas and southern Florida down through Argentina. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The MONA or Hodges number for Eunica tatila is 4533. ^[5]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Eunica tatila:

• Eunica tatila bellariaFruhstorfer, 1908
• Eunica tatila cerulaGodman & Salvin, 1877
• Eunica tatila tatila(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Eunica tatila tatilistaKaye, 1926

References

1. "Eunica tatila Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Eunica tatila". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Eunica tatila species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. "Eunica tatila species Information". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
5. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Eunica tatila" . Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287 .