Purplewings

Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.

Species

E. concordia, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

E. pusilla, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

E. sophonisba, Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve, Puerto Misahuallí, Ecuador

The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:^[1][2][3]

• Eunica alcmena (Doubleday, [1847])
• Eunica alpais (Godart, [1824])
• Eunica amelia (Cramer, [1777])
• Eunica amycla (Godart, [1824])
• Eunica anna (Cramer, 1780)
• Eunica araucana C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Eunica bechina (Hewitson, 1852)
• Eunica brunnea Salvin, 1869
• Eunica caelina (Godart, [1824])
• Eunica caralis (Hewitson, 1857)
• Eunica carias (Hewitson, 1857)
• Eunica chlorochroa (Salvin, 1869) - Mira purplewing
• Eunica clytia (Hewitson, 1852)
• Eunica concordia (Hewitson, 1852) – sandbar purplewing
• Eunica cuvierii (Godart, [1819]) – Cuvier's purplewing
• Eunica eburnea Fruhstorfer, 1907
• Eunica elegans Salvin, 1869
• Eunica eurota (Cramer, [1775])
• Eunica evelide Bates, 1864
• Eunica incognita Jenkins, 1990
• Eunica ingens Seitz, 1915
• Eunica interphasis Jenkins, 1990
• Eunica heraclites Gundlach, 1881
• Eunica macris (Godart, [1824])
• Eunica maja (Fabricius, 1775)
• Eunica malvina Bates, 1864 – Malvina purplewing
• Eunica margarita (Godart, [1824])
• Eunica marsolia (Godart, [1824])
• Eunica mira Godman & Salvin, 1877
• Eunica monima (Stoll, [1782]) - dingy purplewing
• Eunica mygdonia (Godart, [1824])
• Eunica norica (Hewitson, 1852) – Norica purplewing
• Eunica olympias C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Eunica orphise (Cramer, [1775])
• Eunica phasis C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Eunica pomona (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – rounded purplewing
• Eunica pusilla Bates, 1864 - pusilla purplewing
• Eunica sophonisba (Cramer, [1782]) – glorious purplewing
• Eunica sydonia (Godart, [1824]) – Godart's purplewing
• Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaeffer, [1855]) – Florida purplewing
• Eunica venusia (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
• Eunica veronica Bates, 1864
• Eunica viola Bates, 1864
• Eunica violetta Staudinger, [1885]
• Eunica volumna (Godart, [1824])

References

• Jenkins, D. W. 1990. Neotropical Nymphalidae. VIII. Revision of Eunica. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 131:1-175.
• Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. (Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea to Papilionoidea). Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.