''Episcada'' is a genus of clearwing ( ithomiine) butterflies, named by

Frederick DuCane Godman Frederick DuCane Godman (15 January 1834 – 19 February 1919) was an English lepidopterist, entomology, entomologist and ornithology, ornithologist. He was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union. Along with Osb ...

and

Osbert Salvin Osbert Salvin (25 February 1835 – 1 June 1898) was an English natural history, naturalist, Ornithology, ornithologist, and Herpetology, herpetologist best known for co-authoring ''Biologia Centrali-Americana'' (1879–1915) with Frederick DuC ...

in 1879. They are in the brush-footed butterfly 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 ha ...

Species

Arranged alphabetically:''Episcada''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * '' Episcada apuleia'' (Hewitson, 1868) * '' Episcada canilla'' (Hewitson, 1874) * '' Episcada carcinia'' Schaus, 1902 * '' Episcada clausina'' (Hewitson, 1876) * '' Episcada doto'' (Hübner,

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* '' Episcada hemixanthe'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) * '' Episcada hymen'' Haensch, 1905 * '' Episcada hymenaea'' (Prittwitz, 1865) * '' Episcada mira'' (Hewitson, 1877) * '' Episcada philoclea'' (Hewitson,

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* '' Episcada polita'' Weymer, 1899 * '' Episcada salvinia'' (Bates, 1864) * '' Episcada sulphurea'' Haensch, 1905 * '' Episcada sylpha'' Haensch, 1905 * '' Episcada ticidella'' (Hewitson, 1869) * '' Episcada vitrea'' d'Almeida & Mielke, 1967

References

Ithomiini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Osbert Salvin Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman Taxa described in 1879 {{Danainae-stub