Zaretis

Zaretis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Anaeini
Genus:
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Zaretes Reuter, 1897

Zaretis is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2][3][4]

  • Zaretis callidryas (R. Felder, 1869) – ghost leafwing
  • Zaretis crawfordhilli Dias, 2018
  • Zaretis elianahenrichae Dias, 2018
  • Zaretis ellops (Ménétriés, 1855) – holey leafwing
  • Zaretis hurin Dias, 2018
  • Zaretis isidora (Cramer, [1779]) – Cramer's leafwing
  • Zaretis itylus (Westwood, 1850)
  • Zaretis itys (Cramer, [1777]) – skeletonized leafwing
  • Zaretis mirandahenrichae Dias, 2018
  • Zaretis pythagoras Willmott & J. Hall, 2004
  • Zaretis strigosus (Gmelin, [1790])
  • Zaretis syene (Hewitson, 1856)

References

  1. ^ Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 122.
  2. ^ "Zaretis Hübner, [1819] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Taxonomy: genus Zaretis Hübner, [1819] at BioDiversity4All.org
  4. ^ Dias, Fernando Maia Silva; Janzen, Daniel; Hallwachs, Winnie; Chacón, Isidro; Willmott, Keith; Ortiz-Acevedo, Elena; Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik; Casagrande, Mirna Martins (2019). "DNA barcodes uncover hidden taxonomic diversity behind the variable wing patterns in the Neotropical butterfly genus Zaretis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185: 132–192. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly036.