Higginsius

Higginsius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Subtribe: Chlosynina
Genus: Higginsius
Hemming, 1964
Synonyms
  • Fulvia Higgins, [1959]

Higginsius is a genus of butterflies from north-eastern South America in the family Nymphalidae.[1]

Species

  • Higginsius fasciata (Hopffer, 1874) – fasciata crescent (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia)
  • Higginsius miriam (Dognin, 1888) (Ecuador, Colombia)

References

  1. ^ "Higginsius Hemming, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms