Eunica tatila
| Eunica tatila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Epicaliini |
| Genus: | Eunica |
| Species: | E. tatila |
| Binomial name | |
| Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855) | |
Eunica tatila, the Florida purplewing, is a species of tropical brushfoot in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Americas from southern Texas and southern Florida down through Argentina.[1][2][3][4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Eunica tatila is 4533.[5]
Subspecies
These four subspecies belong to the species Eunica tatila:
- Eunica tatila bellaria Fruhstorfer, 1908
- Eunica tatila cerula Godman & Salvin, 1877
- Eunica tatila tatila (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
- Eunica tatila tatilista Kaye, 1926
References
- ^ "Eunica tatila Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Eunica tatila". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Eunica tatila species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Eunica tatila species Information". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Eunica tatila". Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.