Eresia (butterfly)
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| Eresia | |
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| Eresia polina, Colombia | |
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| Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| Subtribe: | Phyciodina |
| Genus: | Eresia Boisduval, [1836] |
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Eresia is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America. Eresia species(subfamily Nymphalinae) form complex mimicry rings with species of its sister subfamilies Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae.
