Eresia nauplius

Eresia nauplius
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Eresia
Species:	E. nauplius
Binomial name
Eresia nauplius (Hewitson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio nauplius Linnaeus, 1758 Phyciodes nauplia extensa Hall, 1929 Phyciodes nauplia plagiata Röber, 1913

Eresia nauplius, the Peruvian crescent or Nauplius crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1852. It is found in most of the Amazon region. The habitat consists of forest edges with low vegetation, including river banks, forest clearings, glades and roadsides.

The wingspan is about 45 mm.[2][3]

Subspecies

• Eresia nauplius nauplius (Guyanas, Brazil: Amazonas)
• Eresia nauplius extensa (Hall, 1929) (Brazil: Mato Grosso, lower Rio Madeira)
• Eresia nauplius plagiata (Röber, 1913) (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador)

• 
  E. n. extensa
  Southern Amazon, Brazil
• 
  E. n. plagiata
  Peruvian crescent

References

1. "Eresia Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
3. learnbutterflies.com

• Eresia nauplius at MCZBASE: The Database of the Zoological Collections