''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 ha ...

found from

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

Species

There are two recognised species: *'' Historis acheronta'' (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