Zaretis Explained

Zaretis is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

• Zaretis callidryas (R. Felder, 1869) – ghost leafwing
• Zaretis crawfordhilli Dias, 2018
• Zaretis elianahenrichae Dias, 2018
• Zaretis ellops (Ménétriés, 1855) – holey leafwing
• Zaretis hurin Dias, 2018
• Zaretis isidora (Cramer, [1779]) – Cramer's leafwing
• Zaretis itylus (Westwood, 1850)
• Zaretis itys (Cramer, [1777]) – skeletonized leafwing
• Zaretis mirandahenrichae Dias, 2018
• Zaretis pythagoras Willmott & J. Hall, 2004
• Zaretis strigosus (Gmelin, [1790])
• Zaretis syene (Hewitson, 1856)

Notes and References

1. Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 122.
2. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/zaretis/ "Zaretis Hübner, [1819]] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/247849-Zaretis#:~:text=tribo%C2%A0Anaeini-,g%C3%A9nero%C2%A0Zaretis,-Observa%C3%A7%C3%B5es Taxonomy: genus Zaretis Hübner, [1819]] at BioDiversity4All.org
4. DNA barcodes uncover hidden taxonomic diversity behind the variable wing patterns in the Neotropical butterfly genus Zaretis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae) . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly036 . 2019 . Dias . Fernando Maia Silva . Janzen . Daniel . Hallwachs . Winnie . Chacón . Isidro . Willmott . Keith . Ortiz-Acevedo . Elena . Mielke . Olaf Hermann Hendrik . Casagrande . Mirna Martins . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 185 . 132–192 .