Tegosa
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| Apricot crescent (Tegosa claudina) in Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Genus: | Tegosa Higgins, 1981
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Tegosa is a Neotropical genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
- Tegosa anieta (Hewitson, 1864) – black-bordered tegosa
- Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) – Claudina's tegosa, apricot crescent[3]
- Tegosa etia (Hewitson, 1868) – rusty crescent
- Tegosa flavida (Hewitson, 1868)
- Tegosa fragilis (Bates, 1864)
- Tegosa guatemalena (Bates, 1864) – Guatemalan tegosa
- Tegosa infrequens Higgins, 1981
- Tegosa nazaria (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Tegosa nigrella (Bates, 1866) – dark tegosa
- Tegosa orobia (Hewitson, 1864)
- Tegosa pastazena (Bates, 1864) – Pastazena crescent
- Tegosa selene (Röber, 1913) – Selene crescent
- Tegosa serpia Higgins, 1981 – serpia crescent
- Tegosa tissoides (Hall, 1928) – tissoides crescent
References
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- ^ "Tegosa Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 88
- ^ Apricot Crescent, Learn about Butterflies