Eresia (butterfly)
Eresia is a genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.Eresia forms complex mimicry rings with Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae.
Species
Listed alphabetically.
Eresia actinote Salvin, 1869
Eresia carme Doubleday, [1847]
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, [1807]) – 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