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Nessaea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Biblidinae

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Similar
  
Nessaea hewitsonii, Nessaea obrinus, Catonephele, Pyrrhogyra, Dynamine

Nessaea hewitsonii


Nessaea is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. 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).

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Schmetterling nessaea aglaura


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 obrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) – obrina olivewing

    • References

    Nessaea Wikipedia
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