Anthanassa

Anthanassa
Ardys Crescent (Anthanassa ardys)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Anthanassa
Scudder, 1875
Synonyms

Tritanassa Forbes, 1945
Phyciodes

Anthanassa is a genus of South American butterflies of the Nymphalidae family found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of Phyciodes.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

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 funet.fi


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