Telenassa

Telenassa
Telenassa berenice
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Subtribe: Phyciodina
Genus: Telenassa
Higgins, 1981

Telenassa is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found in South America.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Telenassa abas (Hewitson, 1864)
  • Telenassa berenice (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – narrow-banded crescent
  • Telenassa delphia (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Delphia crescent
  • Telenassa fontus (Hall, 1928) – Fontus crescent
  • Telenassa jana (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Jana crescent
  • Telenassa notus (Hall, 1917) – Notus crescent
  • Telenassa sepultus (Hall, 1928)
  • Telenassa teletusa (Godart, [1824]) – Burchell's crescent

References

  1. ^ a b "Telenassa Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Media related to Telenassa at Wikimedia Commons