Nessaea

Nessaea batesii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Biblidinae
Tribus: Biblidini
Subtribus: Epicalina
Genus: Nessaea
Species: N. aglaura – N. batesii – N. hewitsonii – N. obrinus

Name

Nessaea Hübner, 1819

Type species: Papilio ancaeus Linnaeus, 1758 (= Nessaea obrinus Linnaeus, 1758).

Synonyms

• Polychroa Billberg 1820 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym,
• Epicallia Erichson 1848 invalid junior homonym of Epicallia Hübner, 1820

References

• Jenkins, D.W., 1989: Neotropical Nymphalidae. VII. Revision of Nessaea. 38 pp., ill. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 125: 1–38. Full article: [1].
• Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.