Eresia (butterfly)

Eresia
Eresia polina, Colombia
Eresia eunice eunice - MHNT
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Subtribe: Phyciodina
Genus: Eresia
Boisduval, [1836]
Synonyms
  • Neptis [Illiger], 1807

Eresia is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America. Eresia species form complex mimicry rings with species of its sister subfamilies Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae.