Nessaea aglaura

Common Olivewing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Nessaea
Species: N. aglaura
Binomial name
Nessaea aglaura
(Doubleday, [1848])[1]
Synonyms
  • Epicalia aglaura Doubleday, [1848]
  • Epicalia regina Salvin, 1869
  • Nessaea regina
  • Nessaea aglaura ecuadorensis Talbot, 1932

The Common Olivewing,[2] Northern Nessaea, or Aglaura Olivewing (Nessaea aglaura) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia. It is found in evergreen tropical forest and in semi-deciduous tropical forest.[3]

The length of the wings is 31–34 mm for males and 28–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing nearly year round.

The larvae feed on Alchornea costaricensis and Plukenetia volubilis.

Subspecies

References

  1. Nessaea, funet.fi
  2. Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books, p.107.
  3. Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea