Nessaea hewitsonii

Hewitson's olivewing
upper side
underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Nessaea
Species:
N. hewitsonii
Binomial name
Nessaea hewitsonii
(C. & R. Felder, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epicalia hewitsonii C. & R. Felder, 1859
  • Nessaea hewitsoni

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

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  • 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)

References

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  1. ^ "Nessaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea