# Anthanassa

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***Anthanassa*** is a genus of North and South American [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) of the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae) found from the United States to [South America](/source/South_America). One authority places this genus as a subgenus of *[Phyciodes](/source/Phyciodes)*.[1]

## Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

- *[Anthanassa acesas](/source/Anthanassa_acesas)* (Hewitson, 1864)
- *[Anthanassa annulata](/source/Anthanassa_annulata)* Higgins, 1981
- *[Anthanassa ardys](/source/Anthanassa_ardys)* (Hewitson, 1864) – Ardys crescent, ardent crescent
- *[Anthanassa argentea](/source/Anthanassa_argentea)* (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – chestnut crescent
- *[Anthanassa atronia](/source/Anthanassa_atronia)* (Bates, 1866) – brown crescent
- *[Anthanassa crithona](/source/Anthanassa_crithona)* (Salvin, 1871) – crithona crescent
- *[Anthanassa drusilla](/source/Anthanassa_drusilla)* (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – orange-patched crescent
- *[Anthanassa dracaena](/source/Anthanassa_dracaena)* (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – notched crescent
- *[Anthanassa drymaea](/source/Anthanassa_drymaea)* (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – weak-banded crescent
- *[Anthanassa frisia](/source/Anthanassa_frisia)* (Poey, 1832) – Cuban crescentspot, Cuban crescent - *[Anthanassa frisia tulcis](/source/Anthanassa_tulcis)* (H.W. Bates, 1864) – pale-banded crescent
- *[Anthanassa nebulosa](/source/Anthanassa_nebulosa)* (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – blurry crescent
- *[Anthanassa otanes](/source/Anthanassa_otanes)* (Hewitson, 1864) – Otanes crescent, cloud-forest crescent, Blackened crescent
- *[Anthanassa ptolyca](/source/Anthanassa_ptolyca)* (Bates, 1864) – black crescent
- *[Anthanassa sitalces](/source/Anthanassa_sitalces)* (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – montane crescent, pine crescent
- *[Anthanassa sosis](/source/Anthanassa_sosis)* (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
- *[Anthanassa texana](/source/Anthanassa_texana)* (Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent

## References

1. Glassberg, J. (2007). *A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America* Sunstreak Books, pp. 89-91.

1. ["*Anthanassa* Scudder, 1875"](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/anthanassa/) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*

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