Zaretis

Zaretis is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.

Zaretis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Anaeini
Genus: Zaretis
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Zaretes Reuter, 1897

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

  • Zaretis callidryas (R. Felder, 1869) – ghost leafwing
  • Zaretis ellops (Ménétriés, 1855) – holey leafwing
  • Zaretis isidora (Cramer, [1779]) – Cramer's leafwing
  • Zaretis itys (Cramer, [1777]) – skeletonized leafwing
  • Zaretis syene (Hewitson, 1856)

References
  1. Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 122.
  2. "Zaretis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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