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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: Tegosa
Species: T. fragilis
Name
Tegosa Higgins, 1981

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

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

Tegosa anieta (Hewitson, 1864) – black-bordered tegosa
Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) – Claudina's tegosa, apricot crescent[3]
Tegosa etia (Hewitson, 1868) – rusty crescent
Tegosa flavida (Hewitson, 1868)
Tegosa fragilis (Bates, 1864)
Tegosa guatemalena (Bates, 1864) – Guatemalan tegosa
Tegosa infrequens Higgins, 1981
Tegosa nazaria (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Tegosa nigrella (Bates, 1866) – dark tegosa
Tegosa orobia (Hewitson, 1864)
Tegosa pastazena (Bates, 1864) – Pastazena crescent
Tegosa selene (Röber, 1913) – Selene crescent
Tegosa serpia Higgins, 1981 – serpia crescent
Tegosa tissoides (Hall, 1928) – tissoides crescent

References

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

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