Atlantea Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/atlantea/ "Atlantea Higgins, [1959]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms