Anthanassa

Anthanassa is a genus of North and South American butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from the United States to South America. One authority places this genus as a subgenus of Phyciodes.^[1]

Anthanassa
Blackened crescent Anthanassa otanes fulviplaga, Panama
Orange-patched crescent Anthanassa drusilla drusilla male, Panama Mariposa Lunita Tejana (Texan crescentspot butterfly) Anthanassa texana ssp. texana, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Melitaeini
Genus:	Anthanassa Scudder, 1875
Synonyms
Tritanassa Forbes, 1945 Phyciodes

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1][2]

• Anthanassa acesas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Anthanassa annulata Higgins, 1981
• Anthanassa ardys (Hewitson, 1864) – Ardys crescent, ardent crescent
• Anthanassa argentea (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – chestnut crescent
• Anthanassa atronia (Bates, 1866) – brown crescent
• Anthanassa crithona (Salvin, 1871) – crithona crescent
• Anthanassa drusilla (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – orange-patched crescent
• Anthanassa dracaena (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – notched crescent
• Anthanassa drymaea (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – weak-banded crescent
• Anthanassa frisia (Poey, 1832) – Cuban crescentspot, Cuban crescent
  • Anthanassa frisia tulcis (H.W. Bates, 1864) – pale-banded crescent
• Anthanassa nebulosa (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – blurry crescent
• Anthanassa otanes (Hewitson, 1864) – Otanes crescent, cloud-forest crescent, Blackened crescent
• Anthanassa ptolyca (Bates, 1864) – black crescent
• Anthanassa sitalces (Godman & Salvin, [1882]) – montane crescent, pine crescent
• Anthanassa sosis (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
• Anthanassa texana (Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent