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Genus   Eunica

Eunica alcmena alcmena

(E. Doubleday, [1847])

Dark Purplewing

S Mexico to Colombia & W
Venezuela

TL: Mexico

alcmena Doubleday [1847] T Mexico

alcmena Doubleday [1847] T Mexico

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica alcmena flora

C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862



TL: Brazil (Am)


flora Felder & Felder 1862 T Brazil (Am)

flora Felder & Felder 1862 T Brazil (Am)

irma Fruhstorfer 1908 T Peru

irma Fruhstorfer 1908 T Peru

specimen

specimen

Eunica alpais alpais

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


cinara Hewitson 1852 T [Brazil (Am)]

cinara Hewitson 1852 T [Brazil (Am)]

aspasia Felder & Felder 1861 T Ecuador

aspasia Felder & Felder 1861 T Ecuador

oreandra Fruhstorfer 1909 T Peru

oreandra Fruhstorfer 1909 T Peru

vega Hall 1919 T French Guiana

vega Hall 1919 T French Guiana

proserpina Röber 1923 T Bolivia

proserpina Röber 1923 T Bolivia

proserpina Röber 1923 T Bolivia

proserpina Röber 1923 T Bolivia

proserpina Röber 1923 T Bolivia

excelsissima Zikán 1937 T Brazil (Am)

excelsissima Zikán 1937 T Brazil (Am)

specimen

specimen

Eunica alpais excelsa

Godman & Salvin, 1877

Shining Purplewing

S Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to E
Panama

TL: Panama

excelsa Godman & Salvin 1877 T Panama

excelsa Godman & Salvin 1877 T Panama

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

Eunica araucana

C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862

Araucana Purplewing

W Panama, Colombia, W Venezuela,
Ecuador

TL: Colombia

araucana Felder & Felder 1862 ST Colombia

araucana Felder & Felder 1862 ST Colombia

araucana Felder & Felder 1862 ST Colombia

araucana Felder & Felder 1862 T Colombia

araucana Felder & Felder 1862 T Colombia

specimen

specimen
Eunica amelia amelia
(Cramer, 1777)



TL: Surinam


Eunica amelia erroneata

Oberthür, 1916



TL: Peru; Brazil (Am)


erroneata Oberthür 1916 T Peru;Brazil (Am)

erroneata Oberthür 1916 T Peru;Brazil (Am)

concolor Zikán 1937 T Brazil (Am)

concolor Zikán 1937 T Brazil (Am)

specimen

specimen

Eunica amycla

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


careta Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

careta Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

Eunica anna

(Cramer, 1780)



TL: Surinam


anna Cramer 1780 T Surinam

anna Cramer 1780 T Surinam

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica bechina bechina

(Hewitson, 1852)



TL: Brazil (Am)


bechina Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

bechina Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

chorienes Fruhstorfer 1909 T Brazil (ES)

chorienes Fruhstorfer 1909 T Brazil (ES)

medellina Fruhstorfer 1909 T Colombia

medellina Fruhstorfer 1909 T Colombia

Eunica bechina magnipunctata

Talbot, 1928



TL: Brazil (MT)


magnipunctata Talbot 1928 T Brazil (MT)

magnipunctata Talbot 1928 T Brazil (MT)

Eunica brunnea

Salvin, 1869



TL: Peru


brunnea Salvin 1869 T Peru

brunnea Salvin 1869 T Peru

Eunica caelina caelina

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


mabildei Röber 1903 T Brazil (RS)

mabildei Röber 1903 T Brazil (RS)

mabildei Röber 1903 T Brazil (RS)

mabildei Röber 1903 T Brazil (RS)

mabildei Röber 1903 T Brazil (RS)

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica caelina agustina

R. G. Maza, 1982

Mottled Purplewing

W Mexico

TL: Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 HT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 HT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 HT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 T Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 T Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 PT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 PT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 PT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 PT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 PT Mexico (Gue)

agustina Maza 1982 PT Mexico (Gue)

specimen

specimen

Eunica caelina alycia

Fruhstorfer, 1909



TL: Upper Amazon


alycia Fruhstorfer 1909 T Upper Amazon

alycia Fruhstorfer 1909 T Upper Amazon

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica caelina augusta

H. Bates, 1866

Mottled Purplewing

SE Mexico to W Panama

TL: Guatemala

augusta Bates 1866 T Guatemala

augusta Bates 1866 T Guatemala

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica caelina olympias

C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862

Mottled Purplewing

E Panama to Peru & Venezuela

TL: Colombia

olympias Felder & Felder 1862 T Colombia

olympias Felder & Felder 1862 T Colombia

olympias Felder & Felder 1862 T ?Colombia

olympias Felder & Felder 1862 T ?Colombia

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica caralis caralis

(Hewitson, [1857])

Caralis Purplewing

Honduras, Panama, Colombia,
Venezuela

TL: Colombia

caralis Hewitson [1857] T Colombia

caralis Hewitson [1857] T Colombia

picea Felder & Felder 1861 T Venezuela

picea Felder & Felder 1861 T Venezuela

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica caralis ariba

Fruhstorfer, 1908



TL: Brazil?


specimen

specimen

Eunica carias carias

(Hewitson, [1857])

Carias Purplewing

Costa Rica to Colombia

TL: Colombia

carias Hewitson [1857] T Colombia

carias Hewitson [1857] T Colombia

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica carias cabira

C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861



TL: Venezuela


specimen

specimen

Eunica carias tenebrosa

Salvin, 1869



TL: Peru


tenebrosa Salvin 1869 T Peru

tenebrosa Salvin 1869 T Peru

gerwisa Fruhstorfer 1907 T Peru

gerwisa Fruhstorfer 1907 T Peru

editha Fruhstorfer 1907 T Bolivia

editha Fruhstorfer 1907 T Bolivia

ninetta Fruhstorfer 1907 T Ecuador

ninetta Fruhstorfer 1907 T Ecuador

specimen

specimen

Eunica chlororhoa chlororhoa

Salvin, 1869



TL: Peru


chlororhoa Salvin 1869 T Peru

chlororhoa Salvin 1869 T Peru

Eunica chlororhoa mira

Godman & Salvin, 1877

Orange-stained Purplewing

Honduras to Colombia

TL: Panama

mira Godman & Salvin 1877 T Panama

mira Godman & Salvin 1877 T Panama

costaricensis Niepelt 1920 T Costa Rica

costaricensis Niepelt 1920 T Costa Rica

cygoea Hall 1929 T Colombia

cygoea Hall 1929 T Colombia

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica clytia

(Hewitson, 1852)

Clytia Purplewing

W Panama to Peru & C Brazil

TL: Brazil (Am)

clytia Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

clytia Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica concordia

(Hewitson, 1852)



TL: Brazil (Am)


concordia Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

concordia Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

satura Röber 1923 T Colombia

satura Röber 1923 T Colombia

satura Röber 1923 T Colombia

satura Röber 1923 T Colombia

satura Röber 1923 T Colombia

specimen

specimen

Eunica cuvierii

(Godart, 1819)



TL: S. Amer.


specimen

specimen

Eunica eburnea

Fruhstorfer, 1907



TL: Brazil (SC/RS)


eburnea Fruhstorfer 1907 T Brazil (SC/RS)

eburnea Fruhstorfer 1907 T Brazil (SC/RS)

Eunica eurota eurota

(Cramer, 1775)



TL: West Indies


vetula Staudinger 1886 T Brazil (Am)

vetula Staudinger 1886 T Brazil (Am)

myrthis Fruhstorfer 1908 T [Brazil (Am)]

myrthis Fruhstorfer 1908 T [Brazil (Am)]

theophania Fruhstorfer 1908 T Brazil (Am)

theophania Fruhstorfer 1908 T Brazil (Am)

muson Fruhstorfer 1912 T Peru

muson Fruhstorfer 1912 T Peru

Eunica eurota dolores

(Prittwitz, 1871)



TL: [Brazil (RJ)]


dolores Prittwitz 1871 T [Brazil (RJ)]

dolores Prittwitz 1871 T [Brazil (RJ)]

dymanes Fruhstorfer 1912 T Brazil (SC)

dymanes Fruhstorfer 1912 T Brazil (SC)

Eunica evelide evelide

H. Bates, 1864



TL: [Colombia]


evelide Bates 1864 T [Colombia]

evelide Bates 1864 T [Colombia]

emmelina Staudinger 1886 T Colombia

emmelina Staudinger 1886 T Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 ST Colombia

electa Röber 1923 T Colombia

electa Röber 1923 T Colombia

specimen

specimen

Eunica evelide elegans

Salvin, 1869



TL: Bolivia; Peru


elegans Salvin 1869 T Bolivia;Peru

elegans Salvin 1869 T Bolivia;Peru

specimen

specimen

Eunica heraclitus

Gundlach, 1881

Cuban Purplewing

Cuba; apparently extinct

TL: Cuba

illustration

illustration

Eunica incognita

Jenkins, 1990



TL: Peru


incognita Jenkins 1990 T Peru

incognita Jenkins 1990 T Peru

Eunica ingens

Seitz, 1915



TL: Bolivia


ingens Seitz 1915 T Bolivia

ingens Seitz 1915 T Bolivia

Eunica interphasis

Jenkins, 1990



TL: Brazil (Rd)


interphasis Jenkins 1990 T Brazil (Rd)

interphasis Jenkins 1990 T Brazil (Rd)

Eunica macris macris

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


aeschrion Fruhstorfer 1907 T Paraguay

aeschrion Fruhstorfer 1907 T Paraguay
Eunica macris [n. ssp.]
Lamas, MS



Peru


Eunica maja maja

(Fabricius, 1775)



TL: Brazil


maja Fabricius 1775 T Brazil

maja Fabricius 1775 T Brazil

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica maja noerina

A. Hall, 1935



TL: [Brazil (Am)]


noerina Hall 1935 T [Brazil (Am)]

noerina Hall 1935 T [Brazil (Am)]

specimen

specimen

Eunica malvina malvina

H. Bates, 1864



TL: [Brazil (Pa)]


malvina Bates 1864 T [Brazil (Pa)]

malvina Bates 1864 T [Brazil (Pa)]

Eunica malvina albida

Jenkins, 1990

Rayed Purplewing

SE Mexico to Panama

TL: Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 T Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 T Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 PT Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 PT Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 PT Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 PT Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 PT Mexico (Chia)

albida Jenkins 1990 PT Mexico (Chia)

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica malvina almae

Vargas, Llorente & Luis, 1996

Rayed Purplewing

W Mexico

TL: Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 HT Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 HT Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 HT Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 T Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 T Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 PT Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 PT Mexico (Gue)

almae Vargas et al. 1996 PT Mexico (Gue)

Eunica margarita

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


margarita Godart [1824] T Brazil

margarita Godart [1824] T Brazil

Eunica marsolia marsolia

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica marsolia fasula

Fruhstorfer, 1909



TL: [Peru]


fasula Fruhstorfer 1909 T [Peru]

fasula Fruhstorfer 1909 T [Peru]

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica marsolia paraensis

Jenkins, 1990



TL: Brazil (Pa)


paraensis Jenkins 1990 T Brazil (Pa)

paraensis Jenkins 1990 T Brazil (Pa)

Eunica monima

(Stoll, 1782)

Dingy Purplewing

SE AZ & S TX (strays), E & W
Mexico to Venez.; Gr. Antilles,
S FL

TL: Guinea

monima Stoll 1782 T Guinea

monima Stoll 1782 T Guinea

modesta Bates 1864 T Guatemala

modesta Bates 1864 T Guatemala

habanae Seitz 1915 T Cuba

habanae Seitz 1915 T Cuba

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica mygdonia mygdonia

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


mygdonia Godart [1824] T Brazil

mygdonia Godart [1824] T Brazil

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica mygdonia omoa

A. Hall, 1919

Blind Purplewing

S Mexico to Panama

TL: Guatemala

omoa Hall 1919 T Guatemala

omoa Hall 1919 T Guatemala

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica norica norica

(Hewitson, 1852)

Midnight Purplewing

Costa Rica to Colombia,
Venezuela & W Ecuador

TL: Colombia

norica Hewitson 1852 T Colombia

norica Hewitson 1852 T Colombia

lichyi Orfila 1954 T Venezuela

lichyi Orfila 1954 T Venezuela

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica norica occia

Fruhstorfer, 1909



TL: Peru


occia Fruhstorfer 1909 T Peru

occia Fruhstorfer 1909 T Peru

specimen

specimen

Eunica orphise

(Cramer, 1775)



TL: Surinam


castalia Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

castalia Hewitson 1852 T Brazil (Am)

marcusi Orfila 1951 T Bolivia

marcusi Orfila 1951 T Bolivia

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica phasis

C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862



TL: Brazil (Am)


phasis Felder & Felder 1862 T Brazil (Am)

phasis Felder & Felder 1862 T Brazil (Am)

Eunica pomona pomona

(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)



TL: Colombia


pomona Felder & Felder 1867 T Colombia

pomona Felder & Felder 1867 T Colombia

pompata Fruhstorfer 1909 T Colombia

pompata Fruhstorfer 1909 T Colombia

Eunica pomona amata

H. Druce, 1874

Rounded Purplewing

S Mexico (S Chiapas) to E Panama

TL: Costa Rica

amata Druce 1874 T Costa Rica

amata Druce 1874 T Costa Rica

amata Druce 1874 TI Costa Rica

amata Druce 1874 TI Costa Rica

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

Eunica pusilla

H. Bates, 1864

Pusilla Purplewing

Costa Rica to Bolivia & SE
Brazil

TL: [Brazil (Pa)]

pusilla Bates 1864 T [Brazil (Pa)]

pusilla Bates 1864 T [Brazil (Pa)]

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica sophonisba sophonisba

(Cramer, 1780)



TL: Surinam


mossi Hall 1928 T Brazil (Pa)

mossi Hall 1928 T Brazil (Pa)

specimen

specimen

Eunica sophonisba agele

Seitz, 1915



TL: Brazil (Am); Peru; Colombia


agele Seitz 1915 T Brazil (Am);Peru;Colombia

agele Seitz 1915 T Brazil (Am);Peru;Colombia

falsata Oberthür 1916 T Peru;Brazil (Am)

falsata Oberthür 1916 T Peru;Brazil (Am)

Eunica sydonia sydonia

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


empyrea Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T Brazil

empyrea Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T Brazil

empyrea Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T ?Brazil

empyrea Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T ?Brazil

indigophana Felder & Felder 1861 T Venezuela

indigophana Felder & Felder 1861 T Venezuela

campana Felder & Felder 1861 T Colombia

campana Felder & Felder 1861 T Colombia

poppaeana Fruhstorfer 1909 T Surinam

poppaeana Fruhstorfer 1909 T Surinam

specimen

specimen

Eunica sydonia caresa

(Hewitson, [1857])

Plain Purplewing

SE Mexico to E Panama

TL: Colombia

caresa Hewitson [1857] T Colombia

caresa Hewitson [1857] T Colombia

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica tatila tatila

(Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])

Florida Purplewing

E & W Mexico (strays far N from
E MX) to Costa Rica

TL: S. Amer.

tatila Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T S. Amer.

tatila Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T S. Amer.

tatila Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T S. Amer.

tatila Herrich-Schäffer [1855] T S. Amer.

caerula Godman & Salvin 1877 T Guatemala

caerula Godman & Salvin 1877 T Guatemala

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

Eunica tatila bellaria

Fruhstorfer, 1908

Florida Purplewing

Panama to S Brazil & Argentina

TL: Brazil (ES)

bellaria Fruhstorfer 1908 T Brazil (ES)

bellaria Fruhstorfer 1908 T Brazil (ES)

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica tatila tatilina

Fruhstorfer, 1908



TL: Upper Amazon?


tatilina Fruhstorfer 1908 T Upper Amazon?

tatilina Fruhstorfer 1908 T Upper Amazon?

Eunica tatila tatilista

Kaye, 1926

Florida Purplewing

S FL, Bahamas, Greater Antilles,
Mona

TL: Jamaica

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

live adult

foodplants and habitat

foodplants and habitat

Eunica veronica

H. Bates, 1864



TL: Brazil (Am)


veronica Bates 1864 T Brazil (Am)

veronica Bates 1864 T Brazil (Am)

Eunica viola

H. Bates, 1864



TL: Brazil (Am)


viola Bates 1864 T Brazil (Am)

viola Bates 1864 T Brazil (Am)

specimen

specimen

Eunica violetta

Staudinger, [1885]



TL: Peru


violetta Staudinger [1885] T Peru

violetta Staudinger [1885] T Peru

Eunica volumna volumna

(Godart, [1824])



TL: Brazil


tithonia Felder & Felder 1867 T Brazil (Ba)

tithonia Felder & Felder 1867 T Brazil (Ba)

intricata Fruhstorfer 1909 T Brazil (SC)

intricata Fruhstorfer 1909 T Brazil (SC)

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

Eunica volumna celma

(Hewitson, 1852)



TL: [Brazil (Am)]


celma Hewitson 1852 T [Brazil (Am)]

celma Hewitson 1852 T [Brazil (Am)]

persephone Felder & Felder 1867 T Colombia

persephone Felder & Felder 1867 T Colombia

celmina Fruhstorfer 1909 T Bolivia

celmina Fruhstorfer 1909 T Bolivia

specimen

specimen

Eunica volumna venusia

(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)

Blue-celled Purplewing

SE Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia

TL: Colombia

venusia Felder & Felder 1867 T Colombia

venusia Felder & Felder 1867 T Colombia

specimen

specimen

specimen

specimen

live adult

live adult