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''Higginsius'' is a genus of
butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
from north-eastern
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 ...
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 ...
."''Higginsius'' Hemming, 1964"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''


Species

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Higginsius fasciata ''Higginsius'' is a genus of butterflies from north-eastern 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 Hemispher ...
'' (Hopffer, 1874) – fasciata crescent (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia) *''
Higginsius miriam ''Higginsius'' is a genus of butterflies from north-eastern South America in the family Nymphalidae.Melitaeini Nymphalidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Francis Hemming