Baeotus aeilus
Baeotus aeilus | |
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Dorsal view - MHNT | |
Ventral view - same specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Baeotus |
Species: | B. aeilus |
Binomial name | |
Baeotus aeilus | |
Synonyms | |
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Baeotus aeilus, the Amazon beauty, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
The wingspan is about 75 mm.[2] Adults are sexually dimorphic.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was formerly known as Baeotus amazonicus.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Baeotus aeilus.
- ^ "Baeotus Hemming, 1939" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
- ^ Butterflies of Amazonia