Tegosa

Tegosa is a Neotropical genus of butterflies from Mexico to South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1][2]

• Tegosa anieta (Hewitson, 1864) – black-bordered tegosa
• Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) – Claudina's tegosa, apricot crescent^[3]
• Tegosa etia (Hewitson, 1868) – rusty crescent
• Tegosa flavida (Hewitson, 1868)
• Tegosa fragilis (Bates, 1864)
• Tegosa guatemalena (Bates, 1864) – Guatemalan tegosa
• Tegosa infrequens Higgins, 1981
• Tegosa nazaria (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
• Tegosa nigrella (Bates, 1866) – dark tegosa
• Tegosa orobia (Hewitson, 1864)
• Tegosa pastazena (Bates, 1864) – Pastazena crescent
• Tegosa selene (Röber, 1913) – Selene crescent
• Tegosa serpia Higgins, 1981 – serpia crescent
• Tegosa tissoides (Hall, 1928) – tissoides crescent

References

1. ^ "Tegosa Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 88
3. ^ Apricot Crescent, Learn about Butterflies