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]
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| Blackened crescent Anthanassa otanes fulviplaga, Panama | |
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| Orange-patched crescent Anthanassa drusilla drusilla male, Panama  | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| Genus: | Anthanassa Scudder, 1875 |
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Species edit
- Anthanassa acesas (Hewitson, 1864)
- Anthanassa annulata Higgins, 1981
- Anthanassa ardys (Hewitson, 1864) – Ardys crescent, ardent crescent
- Anthanassa argentea (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – chestnut crescent
- Anthanassa atronia (Bates, 1866) – brown crescent
- Anthanassa crithona (Salvin, 1871) – crithona crescent
- Anthanassa drusilla (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – orange-patched crescent
- Anthanassa dracaena (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – notched crescent
- Anthanassa drymaea (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – weak-banded crescent
- Anthanassa frisia (Poey, 1832) – Cuban crescentspot, Cuban crescent
- Anthanassa frisia tulcis (H.W. Bates, 1864) – pale-banded crescent
- Anthanassa nebulosa (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – blurry crescent
- Anthanassa otanes (Hewitson, 1864) – Otanes crescent, cloud-forest crescent, Blackened crescent
- Anthanassa ptolyca (Bates, 1864) – black crescent
- Anthanassa sitalces (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – montane crescent, pine crescent
- Anthanassa sosis (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
- Anthanassa texana (Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent
References edit
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- ^ a b Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America Sunstreak Books, pp. 89-91.
- ^ "Anthanassa Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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