Atlantea
Genus of butterflies from the Caribbean
| Atlantea | |
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| Atlantea tulita | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| Genus: | Atlantea Higgins, [1959] |
Atlantea is a genus of butterflies from the Caribbean in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- Atlantea cryptadia Sommer & Schwartz, 1980 – Hispaniolan checkerspot (Hispaniola)
- Atlantea pantoni (Kaye, 1906) – Jamaican checkerspot (Jamaica)
- Atlantea perezi (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862) – Cuban checkerspot (Cuba)
- Atlantea tulita (Dewitz, 1877) – harlequin butterfly (Puerto Rico)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atlantea.
- ^ "Atlantea Higgins, [1959]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
