''Heterosais'' is a genus of clearwing ( ithomiine) butterflies, named by
Frederick DuCane Godman
Frederick DuCane Godman DCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS (15 January 1834 – 19 February 1919) was an English lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. He was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Un ...
and
Osbert Salvin
Osbert Salvin FRS (25 February 1835 – 1 June 1898) was an English naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist best known for co-authoring ''Biologia Centrali-Americana'' (1879–1915) with Frederick DuCane Godman. This was a 52 volume encyc ...
in 1880. They are in the brush-footed butterfly 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 ...
.
Species
Arranged alphabetically:''Heterosais'' at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Heterosais edessa
''Heterosais'' is a genus of clearwing (Ithomiini, ithomiine) butterflies, named by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1880. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
Species
Arranged alphabetically:Heterosais giulia'' (Hewitson, 1855)