''Eresia'' is a genus of butterflies from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

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in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. ''Eresia'' forms complex mimicry rings with

Heliconiinae The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the P ...

and

Ithomiinae Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. It is sometimes referred to as the tribe of clearwing butterflies or glasswing butterflies. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily (Ithomiinae). These butterflies are ...

Species

Listed alphabetically:Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America.'' Sunstreak Books, pp. 86-87, 145. *'' Eresia actinote'' Salvin, 1869 *'' Eresia carme'' Doubleday,

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/small> *'' Eresia casiphia'' Hewitson, 1869 – three-banded crescent *'' Eresia clio'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – creamy crescent, Clio crescent, common crescent *'' Eresia datis'' Hewitson, 1864 – Datis crescent, Hewitson's Mimic *'' Eresia emerantia'' Hewitson, 1857 – Emerantia crescent *'' Eresia erysice'' (Geyer, 1832) *'' Eresia estebana'' (Hall, 1929) *'' Eresia eunice'' (Hübner,

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– Eunice crescent, tiger crescent (type for the genus) *'' Eresia ithomioides'' Hewitson, 1864 – three-banded crescent, ithomioides crescent, variable crescent *'' Eresia letitia'' Hewitson, 1869 *'' Eresia nauplius'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Peruvian crescent, Nauplius crescent *'' Eresia lansdorfi'' (Godart, 1819) – Lansdorf's crescent *'' Eresia levina'' Hewitson, 1872 *'' Eresia olivencia'' Bates, 1864 *'' Eresia pelonia'' Hewitson, 1852 – mimic crescent, Polina crescent *'' Eresia perna'' Hewitson, 1852 *'' Eresia phillyra'' Hewitson, 1852 – square-tipped crescent *'' Eresia polina'' Hewitson, 1852 – Polina crescent *'' Eresia sticta'' Schaus, 1913 File:Eresia eunice eunice MHNT.jpg, '' Eresia eunice'' - MHNT File:Eresia nauplius nauplius MHNT.jpg, '' Eresia nauplius'' - MHNT

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3056141 Melitaeini Nymphalidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval