Anthanassa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Phyciodina
Genus: Anthanassa
Species: A. acesas – A. annulata – A. ardys – A. argentea – A. atronia – A. crithona – A. dracaena – A. drusilla – A. drymaea – A. frisia – A. nebulosa – A. otanes – A. ptolyca – A. sitalces – A. sosis – A. texana
Name

Anthanassa Scudder, 1875

Type species: Melitaea texana Edwards, 1863 by subsequent designation by Int. Commn zool. Nom., 1968
References

Freitas, A.V.L., Lewinsohn, T.M., Magaldi, L.M. & Wahlberg, N. 2015: A new subspecies of Anthanassa (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae: Melitaeini) from southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 69(2): 83–90. full article (pdf). Reference page.

Anthanassa is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of Phyciodes.[1]
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

Anthanassa acesas (Hewitson, 1864)
Anthanassa annulata Higgins, 1981
Anthanassa ardys (Hewitson, 1864) – Ardys crescent, ardent crescent
Anthanassa argentea (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – chestnut crescent
Anthanassa atronia (Bates, 1866) – brown crescent
Anthanassa crithona (Salvin, 1871) – crithona crescent
Anthanassa drusilla (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – orange-patched crescent
Anthanassa dracaena (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – notched crescent
Anthanassa drymaea (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – weak-banded crescent
Anthanassa frisia (Poey, 1832) – Cuban crescentspot, Cuban crescent
Anthanassa frisia tulcis (H.W. Bates, 1864) – pale-banded crescent
Anthanassa nebulosa (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – blurry crescent
Anthanassa otanes (Hewitson, 1864) – Otanes crescent, cloud-forest crescent, Blackened crescent
Anthanassa ptolyca (Bates, 1864) – black crescent
Anthanassa sitalces (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – montane crescent, pine crescent
Anthanassa sosis (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
Anthanassa texana (Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent

References

Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America Sunstreak Books, pp. 89-91.
"Anthanassa Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms