Eresia

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: Eresia
Species: E. actinote – E. carme – E. casiphia – E. clio – E. datis – E. emerantia – E. erysice – E. estebana – E. eunice – E. ithomioides – E. lansdorfi – E. letitia – E. levina – E. nauplius – E. olivencia – E. pelonia – E. perna – E. phillyra – E. polina – E. sticta
Name

Eresia Jean Baptiste Boisduval, 1836: 11

Type species: Nereis eunice Hübner, 1807; fixation: monotypy

References
Primary references

Boisduval, J. B., 1836. In Roret, Suite à Buffon, Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères 1: xii+690pp., 24 pls. Paris. BHL text, plates. Reference page.

Links

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Eresia is a genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae. Eresia forms complex mimicry rings with Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

Eresia actinote Salvin, 1869
Eresia carme Doubleday, [1847]
Eresia casiphia Hewitson, 1869 – three-banded crescent
Eresia clio (Linnaeus, 1758) – creamy crescent, Clio crescent, common crescent
Eresia datis Hewitson, 1864 – Datis crescent, Hewitson's Mimic
Eresia emerantia Hewitson, 1857 – Emerantia crescent
Eresia erysice (Geyer, 1832)
Eresia estebana (Hall, 1929)
Eresia eunice (Hübner, [1807]) – Eunice crescent, tiger crescent (type for the genus)
Eresia ithomioides Hewitson, 1864 – three-banded crescent, ithomioides crescent, variable crescent
Eresia letitia Hewitson, 1869
Eresia nauplius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Peruvian crescent, Nauplius crescent
Eresia lansdorfi (Godart, 1819) – Lansdorf's crescent
Eresia levina Hewitson, 1872
Eresia olivencia Bates, 1864
Eresia pelonia Hewitson, 1852 – mimic crescent, Polina crescent
Eresia perna Hewitson, 1852
Eresia phillyra Hewitson, 1852 – square-tipped crescent
Eresia polina Hewitson, 1852 – Polina crescent
Eresia sticta Schaus, 1913

References

"Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books, pp. 86-87, 145.