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Eresia (butterfly)

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Eresia
Eresia polina, Colombia
Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Subtribe: Phyciodina
Genus: Eresia
Boisduval, [1836]
Synonyms
  • Neptis [Illiger], 1807

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

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Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

References

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