Tegosa

Tegosa is a Neotropical genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Tegosa
Apricot crescent (Tegosa claudina)
in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Nymphalinae
Tribe:
Melitaeini
Genus:
Tegosa

Higgins, 1981

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

  • Tegosa anieta (Hewitson, 1864) – black-bordered tegosa
  • Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) – Claudina's tegosa, apricot crescent[3]
  • Tegosa etia (Hewitson, 1868) – rusty crescent
  • Tegosa flavida (Hewitson, 1868)
  • Tegosa fragilis (Bates, 1864)
  • Tegosa guatemalena (Bates, 1864) – Guatemalan tegosa
  • Tegosa infrequens Higgins, 1981
  • Tegosa nazaria (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
  • Tegosa nigrella (Bates, 1866) – dark tegosa
  • Tegosa orobia (Hewitson, 1864)
  • Tegosa pastazena (Bates, 1864) – Pastazena crescent
  • Tegosa selene (Röber, 1913) – Selene crescent
  • Tegosa serpia Higgins, 1981 – serpia crescent
  • Tegosa tissoides (Hall, 1928) – tissoides crescent
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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
  3. Apricot Crescent, Learn about Butterflies
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