Greta (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Greta"

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image_caption = "Greta morgane"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Danainae
tribus = Ithomiini
genus = "Greta"
genus_authority = Hemming, 1934
type_species = "Hymenitis diaphane"
type_species_authority = Hübner, 1773
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Greta cubana" (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862)
* "Greta diaphanus" (Drury, 1773)
* "Greta gardneri" (Weeks, 1901)
* "Greta hermana" (Haensch, 1903)
* "Greta morgane" (Geyer, 1837)
* "Greta nero" (Hewitson, 1854)
* "Greta oto" (Hewitson, 1854)
* "Greta telesilla" (Weymer, 1899)
synonyms =
* "Hymenitis" Hübner, 1816
* "Hypomenitis" Fox, 1945

"Greta" is a genus of ithomiine butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in 1934. They are in the Brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae, and are found mostly in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Species list

Note: Names preceded by an equal sign ( = ) are synonyms. ORIG indicates original name. Source: [http://www.nymphalidae.net/Classification/Ithomiini.htm Nymphalidae Study Group website]

* "Greta" Hemming, 1934 ( = "Hymenitis" Hübner, 1816)
** "Greta andromica" (Hewitson, 1854) ( = Hypoleria andromica (Hewitson, 1854))
*** "Greta andromica andromica" (Hewitson, 1854)
*** "Greta andromica lyra" (Salvin, 1869)
** "Greta annette" (Guérin-Ménéville, 1844)
** "Greta cubana" (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1862)
** "Greta dercetis" (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)
** "Greta diaphanus" (Drury, 1773) original name "Papilio diaphanus" Drury, 1773 ( = "Hymenitis diaphane" Hübner, 1816)
** "Greta libethris" (Felder & Felder, 1867) ( = "Hypoleria libethris" )
** ?"Greta lydia" Weymer
** "Greta morgane" (Geyer, 1833)
** "Greta nero" (Hewitson, 1854)
** "Greta oto" (Hewitson, 1854)
** "Greta polissena"
*** "Greta polissena polissena"
*** "Greta polissena umbrana" (Haensch, 1909)

References