Nessaea hewitsonii
Species of butterfly
Hewitson's olivewing | |
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upper side | |
underside | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Nessaea |
Species: | N. hewitsonii |
Binomial name | |
Nessaea hewitsonii | |
Synonyms | |
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Nessaea hewitsonii, the Hewitson's olivewing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common in a broad range of the Amazon basin including the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range. It is found in high evergreen tropical forest, semi-deciduous tropical forest, and riverine forest.[2]
The length of the wings is 33–40 mm for males and 36–41 mm for females.
Subspecies
- Nessaea hewitsonii hewitsonii (from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru eastward into the Amazon valley, and south to Rondonia, Brazil)
- Nessaea hewitsonii boliviensis Jenkins, 1989 (Bolivia and southern Peru)
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