Tegosa anieta

Tegosa anieta, the black-bordered tegosa, is a species of butterfly in the genus Tegosa found from southern Mexico to South America.

Black-bordered tegosa
both T. a. anieta, Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Tegosa
Species:
T. anieta
Binomial name
Tegosa anieta
(Hewitson, 1864)
Subspecies

Four, see text

Synonyms
  • Eresia anieta Hewitson, 1864
  • Phyciodes cluvia Godman & Salvin, [1882]
  • Phyciodes liriope lirina Röber, 1913

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

  • T. a. anieta (Hewitson, 1864)
  • T. a. cluvia (Godman & Salvin, [1882])
  • T. a. lirina (Röber, 1913)
  • T. a. luka Higgins, 1981

References
  1. "Tegosa Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 88.
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