Anthanassa

Anthanassa
Blackened crescent
Anthanassa otanes fulviplaga, Panama
Orange-patched crescent
Anthanassa drusilla drusilla male, Panama
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Anthanassa
Scudder, 1875
Synonyms

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.