Greta (genus)

Greta

Greta morgane
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Greta Hemming, 1934
Type species
Papilio diaphanus (Drury, 1773)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Hymenitis Hübner, 1816, non Hymenitis Illiger, 1807 = Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807, a related genus Hypomenitis Fox, 1945

Greta is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in 1934. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae, and are found in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Species

Arranged alphabetically.^[1]^[2]

Greta alphesiboea (Hewitson, 1869)
Greta andromica (Hewitson, [1854]) – Andromica Clearwing
Greta annette (Guérin-Ménéville, [1844]) – White-spotted Clearwing
Greta cubana (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1862) – Cuban Clearwing
Greta depauperata (Boisduval, 1870)
Greta dercetis (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)
Greta diaphanus (Drury, [1773]) – Antillean Clearwing
Greta enigma (Haensch, 1905)
Greta esula (Hewitson, 1855)
Greta gabiglooris (Brabant & Bischler, 2005) – Gabi's Clearwing
Greta gardneri (Weeks, 1901)
Greta hermana (Haensch, 1903)
Greta libethris (C & R Felder, 1867) – Libethris Clearwing
Greta lojana (Vitale & Bollino, 2001)
Greta lydia (Weymer, 1899)
Greta morgane (Geyer, 1833) – Thick-tipped Greta, Morgane Clearwing, Rusty Clearwing
Greta nero (Hewitson, 1854) – Nero Clearwing
Greta ochretis (Haensch, 1903)
Greta oneidodes (Kaye, 1918)
Greta ortygia (Weymer, 1890) – Orthygia Clearwing
Greta oto (Hewitson, 1854) – Glasswing
Greta polissena (Hewitson, [1863]) – Polissena Clearwing
Greta telesilla (Weymer, 1899)
Greta theudelinda (Hewitson, [1861])

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