''Eunica'' is a genus of

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found in the

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Species

The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:Identification Guide - Nymphalidae 1
Butterflies of Amazonia * '' Eunica alcmena'' (Doubleday,

847 __NOTOC__ Year 847 ( DCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Danish Vikings land in the Breton March (western part of Gaul). Duke Nominoe ...

* '' Eunica alpais'' (Godart,

824 __NOTOC__ Year 824 ( DCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * November 11 – The '' Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the ...

* '' Eunica amelia'' (Cramer,

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* '' Eunica amycla'' (Godart,

* '' Eunica anna'' (Cramer, 1780) * '' Eunica araucana'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 * '' Eunica bechina'' (Hewitson, 1852) * '' Eunica brunnea'' Salvin, 1869 * '' Eunica caelina'' (Godart,

* '' Eunica caralis'' (Hewitson, 1857) * '' Eunica carias'' (Hewitson, 1857) * '' Eunica chlorochroa'' (Salvin, 1869) - Mira purplewing * '' Eunica clytia'' (Hewitson, 1852) * '' Eunica concordia'' (Hewitson, 1852) – sandbar purplewing * '' Eunica cuvierii'' (Godart,

819 __NOTOC__ Year 819 (Roman numerals, DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Emperor Louis the Pious, Louis I marries Judith ...

– Cuvier's purplewing * '' Eunica eburnea'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 * '' Eunica elegans'' Salvin, 1869 * '' Eunica eurota'' (Cramer,

775 __NOTOC__ Year 775 (Roman numerals, DCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 775 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domi ...

* '' Eunica evelide'' Bates, 1864 * '' Eunica incognita'' Jenkins, 1990 * '' Eunica ingens'' Seitz, 1915 * '' Eunica interphasis'' Jenkins, 1990 * '' Eunica heraclites'' Gundlach, 1881 * '' Eunica macris'' (Godart,

* '' Eunica maja'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Eunica malvina'' Bates, 1864 – Malvina purplewing * '' Eunica margarita'' (Godart,

* '' Eunica marsolia'' (Godart,

* '' Eunica mira'' Godman & Salvin, 1877 * '' Eunica monima'' (Stoll,

782 __NOTOC__ Year 782 ( DCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 782 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in ...

- dingy purplewing * ''

Eunica mygdonia ''Eunica'' is a genus of Nymphalidae, nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. Species The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:824 __NOTOC__ Year 824 ( DCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * November 11 – The '' Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the ...

* '' Eunica norica'' (Hewitson, 1852) – Norica purplewing * '' Eunica olympias'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 * '' Eunica orphise'' (Cramer,

* '' Eunica phasis'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 * '' Eunica pomona'' (C. & R. Felder,

867 __NOTOC__ Year 867 (Roman numerals, DCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * September 23 – Emperor Michael III is murde ...

– rounded purplewing * '' Eunica pusilla'' Bates, 1864 - pusilla purplewing * '' Eunica sophonisba'' (Cramer,

– glorious purplewing * '' Eunica sydonia'' (Godart,

– Godart's purplewing * '' Eunica tatila'' (Herrich-Schaeffer,

855 __NOTOC__ Year 855 ( DCCCLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * November 20 – Theoktistos, co-regent of the Empire on behalf of ...

– Florida purplewing * '' Eunica venusia'' (C. & R. Felder, 1867) * '' Eunica veronica'' Bates, 1864 * '' Eunica viola'' Bates, 1864 * '' Eunica violetta'' Staudinger,

885 Year 885 (Roman numerals, DCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Emperor Charles the Fat summons a meeting of officials at ...

/small> * '' Eunica volumna'' (Godart,

References

*Jenkins, D. W. 1990. Neotropical Nymphalidae. VIII. Revision of ''Eunica''. ''Bulletin of the Allyn Museum'' 131:1-175. *Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004. ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera''. (Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea to Papilionoidea). Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.

External links

''Eunica''
Tree of Life {{Taxonbar, from=Q2702924 Biblidinae Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner