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Genus Anthanassa - Crescents

Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis

Variable Checkerspot? - 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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 July, 2007 - 1:25am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 9:40am

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