Eunica

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Biblidinae
Tribus: Biblidini
Subtribus: Epicalina
Genus: Eunica
Species: E. alcmena – E. alpais – E. amelia – E. amycla – E. anna – E. bechina – E. brunnea – E. caelina – E. caralis – E. carias – E. chlororhoa – E. clytia – E. concordia – E. cuvierii – E. eburnea – E. eurota – E. evelide – E. heraclitus – E. incognita – E. ingens – E. interphasis – E. macris – E. maja – E. malvina – E. margarita – E. marsolia – E. monima – E. mygdonia – E. norica – E. orphise – E. phasis – E. pomona – E. pusilla – E. sophonisba – E. sydonia – E. tatila – E. veronica – E. viola – E. violetta – E. volumna
Name

Eunica Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Papilio monima Stoll, [1782]
Synonyms

Evonyme Hübner, [1819]
Eunice Geyer, [1832]
Callianira Doubleday, [1847] (preoccupied by Callianira Péron & Lesueur, 1810 Mollusca)
Faunia Poey, 1847 (preoccupied by Faunia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Amycla Doubleday, [1849] (preoccupied by Amycla Rafinesque, 1815)

References

Jenkins, D.W. 1990: Neotropical Nymphalidae. VIII. Revision of Eunica.. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 131: 1–177. full article (pdf) Reference page.
Vargas-Fernández, I. ; Llorente-Bousquets, J. & A. Luis-Martínez, 1996: Distribución y fenología de tres especies del genero Eunica en México (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 7 (2): 121–126. Full article: [1].

Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
Species
E. concordia, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
E. pusilla, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
E. sophonisba, Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve, Puerto Misahuallí, Ecuador

The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:[1][2][3]

Eunica alcmena (Doubleday, [1847])
Eunica alpais (Godart, [1824])
Eunica amelia (Cramer, [1777])
Eunica amycla (Godart, [1824])
Eunica anna (Cramer, 1780)
Eunica araucana C. & R. Felder, 1862
Eunica bechina (Hewitson, 1852)
Eunica brunnea Salvin, 1869
Eunica caelina (Godart, [1824])
Eunica caralis (Hewitson, 1857)
Eunica carias (Hewitson, 1857)
Eunica chlorochroa (Salvin, 1869) - Mira purplewing
Eunica clytia (Hewitson, 1852)
Eunica concordia (Hewitson, 1852) – sandbar purplewing
Eunica cuvierii (Godart, [1819]) – Cuvier's purplewing
Eunica eburnea Fruhstorfer, 1907
Eunica elegans Salvin, 1869
Eunica eurota (Cramer, [1775])
Eunica evelide Bates, 1864
Eunica incognita Jenkins, 1990
Eunica ingens Seitz, 1915
Eunica interphasis Jenkins, 1990
Eunica heraclites Gundlach, 1881
Eunica macris (Godart, [1824])
Eunica maja (Fabricius, 1775)
Eunica malvina Bates, 1864 – Malvina purplewing
Eunica margarita (Godart, [1824])
Eunica marsolia (Godart, [1824])
Eunica mira Godman & Salvin, 1877
Eunica monima (Stoll, [1782]) - dingy purplewing
Eunica mygdonia (Godart, [1824])
Eunica norica (Hewitson, 1852) – Norica purplewing
Eunica olympias C. & R. Felder, 1862
Eunica orphise (Cramer, [1775])
Eunica phasis C. & R. Felder, 1862
Eunica pomona (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – rounded purplewing
Eunica pusilla Bates, 1864 - pusilla purplewing
Eunica sophonisba (Cramer, [1782]) – glorious purplewing
Eunica sydonia (Godart, [1824]) – Godart's purplewing
Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaeffer, [1855]) – Florida purplewing
Eunica venusia (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Eunica veronica Bates, 1864
Eunica viola Bates, 1864
Eunica violetta Staudinger, [1885]
Eunica volumna (Godart, [1824])

References

Epicaliini Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Nymphalidae Study Group website
"Eunica Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Identification Guide - Nymphalidae 1, Butterflies of Amazonia

Jenkins, D. W. 1990. Neotropical Nymphalidae. VIII. Revision of Eunica. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 131:1-175.
Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. (Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea to Papilionoidea). Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.