''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American

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of the family

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found from the United States to

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. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of '' Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America'' Sunstreak Books, pp. 89-91.

Species

Listed alphabetically:"''Anthanassa'' Scudder, 1875"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * '' Anthanassa acesas'' (Hewitson, 1864) * '' Anthanassa annulata'' Higgins, 1981 * ''

Anthanassa ardys ''Anthanassa ardys'', the Ardys crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Mexico, through Central America to Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in So ...

'' (Hewitson, 1864) – Ardys crescent, ardent crescent * '' Anthanassa argentea'' (Godman & Salvin,

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– chestnut crescent * '' Anthanassa atronia'' (Bates, 1866) – brown crescent * '' Anthanassa crithona'' (Salvin, 1871) – crithona crescent * ''

Anthanassa drusilla ''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of ''Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to the ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – orange-patched crescent * ''

Anthanassa dracaena ''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of '' Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to th ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 867 – notched crescent * '' Anthanassa drymaea'' (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – weak-banded crescent * ''

Anthanassa frisia ''Anthanassa frisia'', the Cuban crescentspot, Cuban checkerspot or Cuban crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Subspecies ''tulcis'' is known by the common names pale-banded crescent or Tulcis crescent; it is treated as a species b ...

'' (Poey, 1832) – Cuban crescentspot, Cuban crescent ** '' Anthanassa frisia tulcis'' (H.W. Bates, 1864) – pale-banded crescent * ''

Anthanassa nebulosa ''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of '' Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to th ...

'' (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – blurry crescent * ''

Anthanassa otanes ''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of '' Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to th ...

'' (Hewitson, 1864) – Otanes crescent, cloud-forest crescent, Blackened crescent * ''

Anthanassa ptolyca ''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of '' Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to th ...

'' (Bates, 1864) – black crescent * ''

Anthanassa sitalces ''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of '' Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to th ...

'' (Godman & Salvin,

– montane crescent, pine crescent * ''

Anthanassa sosis ''Anthanassa'' is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of '' Phyciodes''.Glassberg, J. (2007). ''A Swift Guide to th ...

'' (Godman & Salvin, 1878) * ''

Anthanassa texana ''Anthanassa texana'', the Texan crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Guatemala north through Mexico to southern California, east across the southern United States to northern Florida, Georgia and S ...

'' (Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent

References

Melitaeini Nymphalidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder {{Nymphalinae-stub