Athesis

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: Danainae
Tribus: Ithomiini
Subtribus: Melinaeina
Genus: Athesis
Species: A. acrisione – A. clearista – A. vitrala
Name

Athesis Doubleday, 1847

Type species: Athesis clearista Doubleday, 1847
Synonyms

Roswellia Fox, 1948, Ent. News. 59:131 TS:Athesia acrisione, Hewitson, 1859.

References

Doubleday, 1847, Gen. Diurn. Lep. 1: pl.16, f 3
Gerardo Lamas, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Athesis is a Neotropical genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Edward Doubleday in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
Species

Arranged alphabetically:[1]

Athesis acrisione Hewitson, 1869
Athesis clearista Doubleday, [1847]
Athesis vitrala Kaye, 1918

References
"Athesis Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms