Nessaea
| Nessaea | |
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| Nessaea batesii Museum specimen. French Guyana. | |
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| Nessaea obrina (Brazil, Jari River) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Biblidinae |
| Tribe: | Epicaliini |
| Genus: | Nessaea Hübner, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Papilio ancaeus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epicallia Erichson, 1848 (non Hübner, [1820]: preoccupied) | |
Nessaea is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical Ecozone. Unlike virtually all other butterflies with blue coloration, the blue colors in this genus are due to pigmentation rather than iridescence (e.g., Morpho species).
Species
- Nessaea aglaura (Doubleday, [1848]) – Common Olivewing, Northern Nessaea, or Aglaura Olivewing
- Nessaea batesii (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Bates Olivewing
- Nessaea hewitsonii (Felder & Felder, 1859) – Hewitson's Olivewing
- Nessaea obrina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Obrina Olivewing
Images
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Nessaea aglaura
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Nessaea batesii both side male
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Nessaea obrina Female. Upperside.
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Nessaea obrina Male. Upperside.
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Nessaea obrina Underside.
References
Vane-Wright, R.I. 1979. The coloration, identification and phylogeny of Nessaea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 38: 27–56.
External links
Media related to Nessaea at Wikimedia Commons