Cuban checkerspot

Atlantea perezi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Anthanassa frisia, the Cuban crescentspot, Cuban checkerspot or Cuban crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Subspecies tulcis is known by the common names pale-banded crescent or Tulcis crescent; it is treated as a species by some authors. Subspecies Anthanassa frisia frisia (West Indies, Florida) Anthanassa frisia hermas (Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia, São Paulo, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, northern Argentina, Ecuador) Anthanassa frisia taeniata (Ecuador, western Peru) Anthanassa frisia dubia (coasts of Venezuela and Colombia) Anthanassa frisia tulcis (Texas, Arizona, Mexico,…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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