Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
These butterflies have some eye-like spots on the wings. According to one research, there is an evolutionary tendency for decreasing of the number of spots.
Species
The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:
- Eunica Chepkorir Rono <small>(Doubleday, [1847])</small>
- Eunica alpais <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
- Eunica amelia <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small>
- Eunica amycla <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
- Eunica anna <small>(Cramer, 1780)</small>
- Eunica araucana <small>C. & R. Felder, 1862</small>
- Eunica bechina <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small>
- Eunica brunnea <small>Salvin, 1869</small>
- Eunica caelina <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
- Eunica caralis <small>(Hewitson, 1857)</small>
- Eunica carias <small>(Hewitson, 1857)</small>
- Eunica chlorochroa <small>(Salvin, 1869)</small> - Mira purplewing
- Eunica clytia <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small>
- Eunica concordia <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small> â sandbar purplewing
- Eunica cuvierii <small>(Godart, [1819])</small> â Cuvier's purplewing
- Eunica eburnea <small>Fruhstorfer, 1907</small>
- Eunica elegans <small>Salvin, 1869</small>
- Eunica eurota <small>(Cramer, [1775])</small>
- Eunica evelide <small>Bates, 1864</small>
- Eunica incognita <small>Jenkins, 1990</small>
- Eunica ingens <small>Seitz, 1915</small>
- Eunica interphasis <small>Jenkins, 1990</small>
- Eunica heraclites <small>Gundlach, 1881</small>
- Eunica macris <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
- Eunica maja <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Eunica malvina <small>Bates, 1864</small> â Malvina purplewing
- Eunica margarita <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
- Eunica marsolia <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
- Eunica mira <small>Godman & Salvin, 1877</small>
- Eunica monima <small>(Stoll, [1782])</small> - dingy purplewing
- Eunica mygdonia <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
- Eunica norica <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small> â Norica purplewing
- Eunica olympias <small>C. & R. Felder, 1862</small>
- Eunica orphise <small>(Cramer, [1775])</small>
- Eunica phasis <small>C. & R. Felder, 1862</small>
- Eunica pomona <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1867])</small> â rounded purplewing
- Eunica pusilla <small>Bates, 1864</small> - pusilla purplewing
- Eunica sophonisba <small>(Cramer, [1782])</small> â glorious purplewing
- Eunica sydonia <small>(Godart, [1824])</small> â Godart's purplewing
- Eunica tatila <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, [1855])</small> â Florida purplewing
- Eunica venusia <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1867)</small>
- Eunica veronica <small>Bates, 1864</small>
- Eunica viola <small>Bates, 1864</small>
- Eunica violetta <small>Staudinger, [1885]</small>
- Eunica volumna <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
References
- Jenkins, D. W. 1990. Neotropical Nymphalidae. VIII. Revision of Eunica. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 131:1-175.
- Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. (Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea to Papilionoidea). Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.
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