Baeotus aeilus

Baeotus aeilus
Dorsal view - MHNT
Ventral view - same specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Baeotus
Species: B. aeilus
Binomial name
Baeotus aeilus
(Stoll, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio aeilus Stoll, 1780
  • Eriboea aile Hübner, [1819]
  • Megistanis amazonicus Riley, 1919
  • Baeotus amazonicus

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. The upperside of the males is dark brown with a broad median band of reflective pale blue scales, while the upperside of the females is banded with pale orange.[3]

Dorsal and ventral views

Taxonomy

This species was formerly known as Baeotus amazonicus.

References

  1. ↑ "Baeotus Hemming, 1939" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Parque Nacional Sangay
  3. ↑ Butterflies of Amazonia


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