''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family
Nymphalidae found from the United States to
South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of ''
Phyciodes''.
[Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America'' Sunstreak Books, pp. 89-91.]
Species
Listed alphabetically:
["''Anthanassa'' Scudder, 1875"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Anthanassa acesas''
(Hewitson, 1864)
* ''
Anthanassa annulata''
Higgins, 1981
* ''
Anthanassa ardys
''Anthanassa ardys'', the Ardys crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Mexico, through Central America to Colombia
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(Hewitson, 1864) – Ardys crescent, ardent crescent
* ''
Anthanassa argentea''
(Godman & Salvin, 882
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Events
By place Europe
* January 20 – King Louis the Younger dies in Frankfurt. He ...
– chestnut crescent
* ''
Anthanassa atronia''
(Bates, 1866) – brown crescent
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Anthanassa crithona''
(Salvin, 1871) – crithona crescent
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Anthanassa drusilla''
(C. & R. Felder, 1861) – orange-patched crescent
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Anthanassa dracaena
''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''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to ...
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(C. & R. Felder, 867
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Events
By place
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* September 23 – Emperor Michael III is murde ...
– notched crescent
* ''
Anthanassa drymaea''
(Godman & Salvin, 1878) – weak-banded crescent
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Anthanassa frisia
''Anthanassa frisia'', the Cuban crescentspot, Cuban checkerspot or Cuban crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Subspecies ''tulcis'' is known by the common names pale-banded crescent or Tulcis crescent; it is treated as a species b ...
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(Poey, 1832) – Cuban crescentspot, Cuban crescent
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Anthanassa frisia tulcis''
(H.W. Bates, 1864) – pale-banded crescent
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Anthanassa nebulosa''
(Godman & Salvin, 1878) – blurry crescent
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Anthanassa otanes''
(Hewitson, 1864) – Otanes crescent, cloud-forest crescent, Blackened crescent
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Anthanassa ptolyca
''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''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to ...
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(Bates, 1864) – black crescent
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Anthanassa sitalces''
(Godman & Salvin, 882
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Year 882 (Roman numerals, DCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* January 20 – King Louis the Younger dies in Frankfurt. He ...
– montane crescent, pine crescent
* ''
Anthanassa sosis''
(Godman & Salvin, 1878)
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Anthanassa texana
''Anthanassa texana'', the Texan crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Guatemala north through Mexico to southern California, east across the southern United States to northern Florida, Georgia and ...
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(Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent
References
Melitaeini
Nymphalidae of South America
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
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