Eunica
Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
These butterflies have some eye-like spots on the wings. According to one research, there is an evolutionary tendency for decreasing of the number of spots.
Species
The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:- Eunica Chepkorir Rono
- Eunica alpais
- Eunica amelia
- Eunica amycla
- Eunica anna
- Eunica araucana C. & R. Felder, 1862
- Eunica bechina
- Eunica brunnea Salvin, 1869
- Eunica caelina
- Eunica caralis
- Eunica carias
- Eunica chlorochroa - Mira purplewing
- Eunica clytia
- Eunica concordia – sandbar purplewing
- Eunica cuvierii – Cuvier's purplewing
- Eunica eburnea Fruhstorfer, 1907
- Eunica elegans Salvin, 1869
- Eunica eurota
- Eunica evelide Bates, 1864
- Eunica incognita Jenkins, 1990
- Eunica ingens Seitz, 1915
- Eunica interphasis Jenkins, 1990
- Eunica heraclites Gundlach, 1881
- Eunica macris
- Eunica maja
- Eunica malvina Bates, 1864 – Malvina purplewing
- Eunica margarita
- Eunica marsolia
- Eunica mira Godman & Salvin, 1877
- Eunica monima - dingy purplewing
- Eunica mygdonia
- Eunica norica – Norica purplewing
- Eunica olympias C. & R. Felder, 1862
- Eunica orphise
- Eunica phasis C. & R. Felder, 1862
- Eunica pomona – rounded purplewing
- Eunica pusilla Bates, 1864 - pusilla purplewing
- Eunica sophonisba – glorious purplewing
- Eunica sydonia – Godart's purplewing
- Eunica tatila – Florida purplewing
- Eunica venusia
- Eunica veronica Bates, 1864
- Eunica viola Bates, 1864
- Eunica violetta Staudinger,
- ''Eunica volumna''