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Eresia nauplius

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Species of butterfly

Eresia nauplius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Eresia
Species: E. nauplius
Binomial name
Eresia nauplius
(Hewitson, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Papilio nauplius Linnaeus, 1758
  • Phyciodes nauplia extensa Hall, 1929
  • Phyciodes nauplia plagiata Röber, 1913

Eresia nauplius, the Peruvian crescent or Nauplius crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1852. It is found in most of the Amazon region. The habitat consists of forest edges with low vegetation, including river banks, forest clearings, glades and roadsides.

The wingspan is about 45 mm.

Subspecies

  • Eresia nauplius nauplius (Guyanas, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Eresia nauplius extensa (Hall, 1929) (Brazil: Mato Grosso, lower Rio Madeira)
  • Eresia nauplius plagiata (Röber, 1913) (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador)
  • E. n. extensa Southern Amazon, Brazil E. n. extensa
    Southern Amazon, Brazil
  • E. n. plagiata Peruvian crescent E. n. plagiata
    Peruvian crescent

References

  1. "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
  3. learnbutterflies.com
Taxon identifiers
Eresia nauplius


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