Athesis

For the river which was called Athesis in ancient period, see Adige.

Athesis is a Neotropical genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Edward Doubleday in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Athesis
Athesis acrisione
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Athesis Doubleday, [1847]
Type species
Athesis clearista Doubleday, 1847
Species
See text
Synonyms
Roswellia Fox, 1948

Species

Arranged alphabetically:^[1]

• Athesis acrisione Hewitson, 1869
• Athesis clearista Doubleday, [1847]
• Athesis vitrala Kaye, 1918