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Eresia Boisduval 1836

Andrew V. Z. Brower
Containing group: Phyciodina

Introduction

A morphologically diverse neotropical genus. Some species are remarkable (presumably) Batesian mimics of ithomiine and heliconiine butterflies, and can often be found incorrectly curated among those taxa in museum collections.

References

Higgins LG. 1981. A revision of Phyciodes Hubner and related genera, with a review of the classification of the Melitaeinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 43: 77-243.

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Eresia Boisduval 1836. Version 11 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Eresia/70584/2007.03.11 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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