Eunica

Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.

Eunica
Male Eunica mygdonia (museum specimen)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Eunica
Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Papilio monima
Stoll, 1782
Diversity
About 40 species
Synonyms
  • Amycla Doubleday, 1849 (non Rafinesque, 1815: preoccupied)
  • Callianira Doubleday, 1847 (non Péron & Lesueur, 1810: preoccupied)
  • Eunice Geyer, 1832 (non Rafinesque, 1815: preoccupied)
  • Evonyme Hübner, 1819
  • Faunia Poey, 1847 (non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: preoccupied)
  • Libythina Felder, 1861

Species

The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:[1][2][3]

  • Eunica Chepkorir Rono (Doubleday, [1847])
  • Eunica alpais (Godart, [1824])
  • Eunica amelia (Cramer, [1777])
  • Eunica amycla (Godart, [1824])
  • Eunica anna (Cramer, 1780)
  • Eunica araucana C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Eunica bechina (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Eunica brunnea Salvin, 1869
  • Eunica caelina (Godart, [1824])
  • Eunica caralis (Hewitson, 1857)
  • Eunica carias (Hewitson, 1857)
  • Eunica chlorochroa (Salvin, 1869) - Mira purplewing
  • Eunica clytia (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Eunica concordia (Hewitson, 1852) – sandbar purplewing
  • Eunica cuvierii (Godart, [1819]) – Cuvier's purplewing
  • Eunica eburnea Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Eunica elegans Salvin, 1869
  • Eunica eurota (Cramer, [1775])
  • Eunica evelide Bates, 1864
  • Eunica incognita Jenkins, 1990
  • Eunica ingens Seitz, 1915
  • Eunica interphasis Jenkins, 1990
  • Eunica heraclites Gundlach, 1881
  • Eunica macris (Godart, [1824])
  • Eunica maja (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Eunica malvina Bates, 1864 – Malvina purplewing
  • Eunica margarita (Godart, [1824])
  • Eunica marsolia (Godart, [1824])
  • Eunica mira Godman & Salvin, 1877
  • Eunica monima (Stoll, [1782]) - dingy purplewing
  • Eunica mygdonia (Godart, [1824])
  • Eunica norica (Hewitson, 1852) – Norica purplewing
  • Eunica olympias C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Eunica orphise (Cramer, [1775])
  • Eunica phasis C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Eunica pomona (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – rounded purplewing
  • Eunica pusilla Bates, 1864 - pusilla purplewing
  • Eunica sophonisba (Cramer, [1782]) – glorious purplewing
  • Eunica sydonia (Godart, [1824]) – Godart's purplewing
  • Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaeffer, [1855]) – Florida purplewing
  • Eunica venusia (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
  • Eunica veronica Bates, 1864
  • Eunica viola Bates, 1864
  • Eunica violetta Staudinger, [1885]
  • Eunica volumna (Godart, [1824])

References
  1. Epicaliini Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Nymphalidae Study Group website
  2. "Eunica Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Identification Guide - Nymphalidae 1, Butterflies of Amazonia
  • Jenkins, D. W. 1990. Neotropical Nymphalidae. VIII. Revision of Eunica. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 131:1-175.
  • Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. (Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea to Papilionoidea). Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.
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