Batesia (butterfly)

Batesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Tribe:Ageroniini
Genus:Batesia
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Species: B. hypochlora
Binomial name
Batesia hypochlora
C. & R. Felder, 1862[1]
Synonyms
  • Batesia hemichrysa Salvin & Godman, 1868
  • Batesia hypochlora chrysocantha Fruhstorfer, 1915

Batesia is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae. It contains only Batesia hypochlora, the painted beauty. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

The wingspan is 85-95 mm.[2] The underside of the hindwings is yellow, varying in tone from pale cream to deep saffron depending on locality.[3]

Subspecies

  • Batesia hypochlora hypochlora (Peru)
  • Batesia hypochlora hypoxantha Salvin & Godman, 1868 (Peru, Ecuador)

References

  1. ↑ Batesia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Parque Nacional Sangay
  3. ↑ Butterflies of Amazonia


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