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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Tropical Brushfoots (Biblidinae) » Catonephelini » Purplewings (Eunica)

Genus Eunica - Purplewings

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References
Dingy Purplewing larvae - Eunica monima Dingy Purplewing larvae - Eunica monima Dingy Purplewing larvae - Eunica monima Dingy Purplewing prepupal larvae - Eunica monima Dingy Purplewing adult - Eunica monima - male Dingy Purplewing adult - Eunica monima - female Dingy Purplewing adult - Eunica monima - female Florida, or Dingy Purplewing? - Eunica tatila
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Biblidinae (Tropical Brushfoots)
Tribe Catonephelini
Genus Eunica (Purplewings)
Other Common Names
Tree Nymphs
Explanation of Names
Eunica Hübner, 1819
Numbers
About 40 American, and 18 African species. Only two reach north of Mexico, one of them probably only as strays.
Range
Tropical Americas and Africa. African species are often separated as a separate genus Sevenia.
Print References
Jenkins, D.W. 1990. Neotropical Nymphalidae VIII. Revision of Eunica. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 131:1-177.
Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 9 July, 2007 - 4:00pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, Abigail Parker
Last updated 10 January, 2018 - 10:36am

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