Oenomaus gwenish
| Oenomaus gwenish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oenomaus |
| Species: | O. gwenish |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenomaus gwenish Robbins & Faynel, 2012 | |
Oenomaus gwenish is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is probably a lower montane species, so far known only from wet forest at 1,000 meters elevation in Darién, Panama.[1]
The length of the forewings is 20 mm for females.
Etymology
The species is named for entomologist Dr. Jennifer (Gwen) Shlichta.
References
- ↑ Faynel, C.; Busby, R. C.; Robbins, R. (2012). "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys 222 (222): 11–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.222.3375. PMC 3459029. PMID 23129985.