Greta is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in 1934. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae, and are found in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Species
Arranged alphabetically:
- Greta alphesiboea <small>(Hewitson, 1869)</small>
- Greta andromica <small>(Hewitson, [1854])</small> â andromica clearwing
- Greta annette <small>(Guérin-Ménéville, [1844])</small> â white-spotted clearwing
- Greta cubana <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1862)</small> â Cuban clearwing
- Greta clavijoi
- Greta depauperata <small>(Boisduval, 1870)</small>
- Greta dercetis <small>(Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)</small>
- Greta diaphanus <small>(Drury, [1773])</small> â Antillean clearwing
- Greta enigma <small>(Haensch, 1905)</small>
- Greta esula <small>(Hewitson, 1855)</small>
- Greta gabiglooris <small>(Brabant & Bischler, 2005)</small> â Gabi's clearwing
- Greta gardneri <small>(Weeks, 1901)</small>
- Greta hermana <small>(Haensch, 1903)</small>
- Greta libethris <small>(C & R Felder, 1867)</small> â Libethris clearwing
- Greta lojana <small>(Vitale & Bollino, 2001)</small>
- Greta lydia <small>(Weymer, 1899)</small>
- Greta morgane <small>(Geyer, 1833)</small> â thick-tipped greta, Morgane clearwing, rusty clearwing
- Greta nero <small>(Hewitson, 1854)</small> â Nero clearwing
- Greta ochretis <small>(Haensch, 1903)</small>
- Greta oneidodes <small>(Kaye, 1918)</small>
- Greta ortygia <small>(Weymer, 1890)</small> â orthygia clearwing
- Greta oto <small>(Hewitson, 1854)</small> â glasswing
- Greta polissena <small>(Hewitson, [1863])</small> â Polissena clearwing
- Greta telesilla <small>(Weymer, 1899)</small>
- Greta theudelinda <small>(Hewitson, [1861])</small>
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