''Historis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

found from

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

Species

There are two recognised species: *''

Historis acheronta ''Historis acheronta'', the tailed cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, whic ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – dashwing, tailed cecropian *'' Historis odius'' (Fabricius, 1775) – stinky leafwing, OrionStiling, P.D. (1986) ''Butterflies and Other Insects of the Caribbean''. New York: Macmillan Caribbean. p.52. File:Historis acheronta acheronta MHNT.jpg, File:Historis odius.jpg,

References

Coeini Nymphalidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{nymphalinae-stub