Nessaea aglaura
| Common Olivewing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Nessaea |
| Species: | N. aglaura |
| Binomial name | |
| Nessaea aglaura (Doubleday, [1848])[1] | |
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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
- Nessaea aglaura aglaura (Mexico to Panama and Ecuador)
- Nessaea aglaura regina (Salvin, 1869) (Venezuela, Colombia)
- Nessaea aglaura thalia Bargmann, 1928 (Colombia, Ecuador)
References
- ↑ Nessaea, funet.fi
- ↑ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books, p.107.
- ↑ Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea
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