Eumaeus (butterfly)

Eumaeus
Eumaeus atala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Eumaeus Hübner, 1819
Species
See text.

Eumaeus is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Selected species

• Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) – Atala Bahamas, Cuba, Isla de Juventud
• Eumaeus toxea (Godart, 1824) – Mexican Cycadian E & W Mexico to Nicaragua (South Texas as very rare stray)
• Eumaeus childrenae (G. Gray, 1832) – Great Cycadian [= debora], E & S Mexico to Honduras
• Eumaeus godartii (Boisduval, 1870) – White-tipped Cycadian Nicaragua to W Ecuador
• Eumaeus minyas (Hübner, [1809]) – Minyas Cycadian Colombia to Peru & C Brazil
• Eumaeus toxana (Boisduval, 1870) – Venezuela to Bolivia

External links

• Media related to Eumaeus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Eumaeus at Wikispecies