Anthanassa
Blackened crescent
Anthanassa otanes fulviplaga, Panama
Orange-patched crescent
Anthanassa drusilla drusilla male, Panama
Mariposa Lunita Tejana (Texan crescentspot butterfly) Anthanassa texana ssp. texana, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Anthanassa
Scudder, 1875
Synonyms

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 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

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  1. 1 2 Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America Sunstreak Books, pp. 89-91.
  2. ↑ "Anthanassa Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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