Castilia
White-dotted crescent
Castilia ofella, Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Nymphalinae
Tribe:
Melitaeini
Genus:
Castilia

Higgins, 1981

Castilia is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

  • Castilia angusta (Hewitson, 1868) – angusta crescent
  • Castilia castilla (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
  • Castilia chiapaensis (Beutelspacher, 1990) – Chiapas crescent
  • Castilia chinantlensis (de la Maza, 1978) – Chinantlan crescent, pie-slice crescent
  • Castilia eranites (Hewitson, 1857) – smudged crescent
  • Castilia fulgora (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
  • Castilia griseobasalis (Röber, 1913) – gray-based crescent
  • Castilia guaya (Hall, 1929)
  • Castilia myia (Hewitson, 1864) – Mayan crescent
  • Castilia neria (Hewitson, 1869)
  • Castilia ofella (Hewitson, 1864) – white-dotted crescent
  • Castilia perilla (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Castilia nortbrundii (Weeks, 1901)

References

  1. 1 2 "Castilia 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, pp. 86-87.


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