''Zaretis'' is a
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
nymphalid
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 ...
butterfly
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
in the subfamily
Charaxinae
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The Charaxinae, the leafwings, are a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China, and southern ...
.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
[Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 122.]
* ''
Zaretis callidryas''
(R. Felder, 1869) – ghost leafwing
* ''
Zaretis crawfordhilli''
Dias, 2018
* ''
Zaretis elianahenrichae''
Dias, 2018
* ''
Zaretis ellops''
(Ménétriés, 1855) – holey leafwing
* ''
Zaretis hurin''
Dias, 2018
* ''
Zaretis isidora''
(Cramer, 779
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– Cramer's leafwing
* ''
Zaretis itylus''
(Westwood, 1850)
* ''
Zaretis itys''
(Cramer, 777 – skeletonized leafwing
* ''
Zaretis mirandahenrichae''
Dias, 2018
* ''
Zaretis pythagoras''
Willmott & J. Hall, 2004
* ''
Zaretis strigosus''
(Gmelin, 790
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* ''
Zaretis syene''
(Hewitson, 1856)
References
Anaeini
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Butterfly genera
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