Blackened crescent Anthanassa otanes fulviplaga, Panama
Orange-patched crescent Anthanassa drusilla drusilla male, Panama
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Tribe:
Melitaeini
Genus:
Anthanassa Scudder, 1875
Synonyms
Tritanassa Forbes, 1945
Phyciodes
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.[1]
^Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America Sunstreak Books, pp. 89-91.
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number for Anthanassa argentea is 4479. "Anthanassa argentea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Anthanassa argentea"...
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A. (1998). "Oviposition Behavior, Host Plant Use, and Diet Breadth of Anthanassa Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Using Plants in the Acanthaceae...