Tegosa

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Tegosa
Tegosa claudina.jpg
possibly T. anieta
in Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Tegosa

Higgins, 1981
T. claudina, Colombia Claudina crescent (Tegosa claudina) Cundinamarca.jpg
T. claudina, Colombia

Tegosa is a Neotropical genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically: [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Tegosa Higgins, 1981" 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, p. 88
  3. Apricot Crescent, Learn about Butterflies