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Genus Anthanassa - Crescents

Cuban Crescent - Anthanassa frisia Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana Courting Pale-banded Crescents - Anthanassa tulcis - male - female Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis - male Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana Anthanassa texana Anthanassa texana? - Anthanassa texana
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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 Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)
Tribe Melitaeini
Genus Anthanassa (Crescents)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyciodes (in part); the current placement in Anthanassa follows the classification of All-Leps and Opler & Warren
Explanation of Names
Anthanassa Scudder, 1875
Numbers
6 species in North America listed at All-Leps