Greta (butterfly)

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Greta
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Greta morgane
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Greta
Hemming, 1934
Type species
Papilio diaphanus
(Drury, 1773)
Species

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Synonyms
  • HymenitisHübner, 1816 non HymenitisIlliger, 1807 = MechanitisFabricius, 1807, a related genus
  • HypomenitisFox, 1945

Greta is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in 1934. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae, and are found in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Species

Arranged alphabetically: [1] [2]

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<i>Oleria</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

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<i>Oleria gunilla</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Hypoleria</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Hypoleria is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1879. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

<i>Ithomia</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

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<i>Hypothyris</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Hypothyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob Hübner in 1821. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

<i>Hypothyris lycaste</i> Species of butterfly

Hypothyris lycaste is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and northern South America.

<i>Greta libethris</i> Species of butterfly

Greta libethris, the Libethris clearwing, is a day active ithomiine butterfly from the subfamily Ithomiinae.

<i>Godyris</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Godyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

<i>Hyalyris</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Hyalyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

<i>Napeogenes</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Napeogenes is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Henry Walter Bates in 1862. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

<i>Dircenna</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Dircenna is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Edward Doubleday in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. The genus comprises fairly large ithomiines with elongated forewings which are characterized by quite straight costae and distinctively shaped discal cells. They occur from Mexico to Southern Brazil. Larvae feed on plants from the family Solanaceae, such as Solanum and Brunfelsia.

<i>Pteronymia</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Pteronymia is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Arthur Gardiner Butler and Herbert Druce in 1872. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

<i>Velamysta</i> Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Velamysta is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Richard Haensch in 1909. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

<i>Ceratinia tutia</i> Species of butterfly

Ceratinia tutia, the tutia clearwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Mexico to Brazil. The wingspan is about 52 mm. It is a highly variable species. The larvae of subspecies Ceratinia tutia dorilla have been recorded feeding on Solanum species, including S. antillarum.

<i>Velamysta pupilla</i> Species of butterfly

Velamysta pupilla is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador.

<i>Greta andromica</i> Species of butterfly

Greta andromica, the Andromica clearwing, is an ithomiine butterfly from the subfamily Ithomiinae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1854.

References

  1. "Greta Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Nymphalidae Study Group website Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine